Girl Can Sew

I was struggling to find inspiration of what my next make should be so I did what all sewists do and started sorting through my fabric stash and browsing through pins on my ‘fashion inspiration’ Pinterest board. I have a few makes which are just waiting to be sewn but I just didn’t have the motivation to start until, inspiration struck! I had bought this red leopard print in the remnants section in Misan fabrics down Goldhawk Road at the end of last year and I remembered this image I’d seen of a Wear Lemonade skirt and I thought – yes! That’s what I want to make next! I don’t actually know what this fabric is as it was just a remnant but it’s definitely a knit which doesn’t fray and has a crinkled texture which I thought went really well with this particular skirt design. I had quite a few trial and error moments through this make beginning with the pattern drafting. Firstly, I considered using a circle skirt for the top tier and then adding rectangular ruffles. However, because ...

I am keeping up with the blog and this time I bring you a vintage make! This is the Maudella 5952 which I picked up in an antiques shop. I made it up in a suitably vintage style old duvet cover I also bought in a vintage charity shop . The prairie style cut of the dress with this patchwork pattern make the perfect 70s pairing. I was a little apprehensive to begin this project to begin with because I’ve had fitting issues with vintage patterns in the past and they always seems to come up way too big! I began firstly by pinning the pattern pieces together and trying them on. Surprisingly, it seemed like it was going to fit perfectly so I ploughed on ahead! Pintucks sewn Front completed I love this old fabric, it has a really nostalgic smell of old summers which reminds me of our family’s old wigwam we used to play in when we were kids.  Trim attached to bottom of dress I didn’t have enough fabric to cut 5 frill pieces, yes 5! But I knew that the dress was going to come up too long ...