Q) What’s more useful than a non-iron super drapey and flattering floaty dress?
A) A non-iron super drapey top and skirt that looks like a dress!
The beauty is the versatility with wardrobe options a plenty. This ‘dress’ is made in a lovely heavy polyester georgette (georgette is a very light fabric so heavy is a relative term here). All self drafted because Emma is a clever chick.
Marion again, this time in a floral and paisley print cotton babycord top and skirt. All of us at Stone Fabrics are loving the scalloped hem and pattern matching. Made and designed by Dawn Hooper of Hardy and Hooper (Maidenhead). Soooo Clever!
Kitcat wearing her black jersey skirt and cropped T-shirt which she made HERSELF. Jane helped (with hyper alertness) as Kitcat was burning along at break-neck speed with the overlocker.
There is probably a really important life-lesson learned here but we are not quite sure which it is, or for whom.
Meanwhile, Kitcat has a fabulous outfit to pretend she is 18 in, and Granny still has all her fingers.
The fabrics are both viscose jersey, one heavier and slightly textured for the skirt and a lightweight polkadot print for the top.
Holly made this tangerine orange cotton wool and viscose mix bouclé heavy knit from LG as part of a Plymouth College of Art Fashion project to make a ‘skirt’ and cape as part of her university project. The not so practical skirt has large pockets – the entire front and back panels, braces to hold it up and metal boning through the top to hold the shape! It was inspired by Cornish China Clay and they held a fashion show at the eden project to help raise money for the people and gardens charity.
It’s nuts. I want one.
Not content with the £33mt fabulous blue Irish shirting weight Linen, Bess (with clearly too much time on her hands) hand painted spots all over it before making up this much loved A-line skirt.
There are belt loops sewn around the top and a length of picot edge petersham ribbon added as a belt.
The skirt is lined (Hong Kong style) with Cotton lawn and fastened with an invisible zip on the side.
Elaine wearing her floral printed viscose skirt and top
Fabrics and Notions:
Floral Printed Viscose
Lightweight knitted interfacing
Elastic
Angie’s magenta linen skirt suit modelled by her daughter
Fabrics and Notions:
Magenta mid-heavy weight linen
Purple Venezia lining
Two-fabric covered buttons (you can get these done at Harlequin)
Invisible zip (skirt)
Medium weight iron-on knitted interfacing
Pattern :Vogue V1127
Philippa wearing her beautifully made worsted wool skirt suit with checkerboard weave and matching bag.
Fabrics and Notions:
Bright Blue checkerboard weave worsted virgin wool.
Thai silk block printed lining
Lacquered shell buttons (jacket)
Invisible zip (skirt)
Viscose iron-on interfacing
Clasp (bag) from grandmother’s treasure box.
Patterns (all altered, but based upon):
Jacket: Vogue 1643
Skirt: McCall’s 5523
Bag: from the book, Making Vintage Handbags by Emma Brennan
Clair wearing red and black boiled wool ladybird spot skirt suit.
Fabrics and Notions:
Printed Boiled Wool
Elastic
Stretch binding
Buttons
Skirt suit made by Carole using green wool bouclé from Scotland.
Fabrics and Notions
Green wool bouclé
Self cover buttons
Venezia lining
Invisible zip
Viscose iron-on interfacing
Edge tape
Pattern: McCall’s 5335
Kitcat the Ladybird in boiled wool skirt and jacket with patch pockets. (Made by Jane)
Fabrics and Notions:
Wool mix printed boiled wool
Stretch binding
Elastic
buttons
Bess wearing Navy Linen and Cotton Herringbone suiting jacket and skirt.
Fabric and Notions:
Linen/Cotton Herringbone Doublecloth Suiting
Venezia Lining
Large anorak snap fasteners
Invisible zip
Viscose iron-on interfacing
Pattern: Custom made (variation on a bought NafNaf suit)
