Friday, February 10, 2012

Ginger and Sorbetto - perfect summer wear

Thank you for all your wonderful comments on my last post - I'm feeling very loved. If I was more organised, I'd have loved to take part in Debi's Sew Grateful week, but darling Little M is teething like nothing else, so I've been busy holding what is usually a very active and non-cuddly baby this week. Kinda blissful for me given she's usually not so cuddly (just a pity it's cos she's in pain!). I do have a giveaway planned for very soon though, so listen out.

Prior to this week however, Little M has been very obligingly having huge lunch time naps. Which means sewing time for me! I bought this lovely orange cotton sateen from Spotlight a while ago for $5/m, and thought it would look wonderful as an A-Line. So I made up the Colette Patterns Ginger skirt.



I like this skirt. It came together easily, though I found I had to go up a size -- did anyone else find it runs a smidge small? Usually I'm uniformly the one size in Colette Patterns.



I love the way the facing is attached in this skirt, and after reading the instructions some time ago, have been using it on all my skirts. You sew the facing down next to the invisible zip using a regular zipper foot. Am I dumb that I didn't think to do this before? I'd been hand-stitching the facing down. Ah well.


Do you like my personalised clothing tags? Michael got them for me for Christmas! Aren't they awesome? And extremely useful for telling which is the back of a skirt! Thank you my love - I'd been hankering for some for quite a while.

I also made this black cotton voile Sorbetto. I made the bias binding in the same fabric, and used french seams everywhere. It is very light and breezy. I got the voile from Rathdowne Fabrics and Remnants - I think it has some bargains, but feel it has gotten more expensive now that it has exposure via Project Runway.


In other news, I am thoroughly sick of my hair. I am thinking about cutting it very short - a la Jean Seberg - what do you think? My reservations are that the last time I had my hair that short I weighed a good 6 kilos less and my face looked quite different. Will it suit me?


Isn't she gorgeous? Pity about the cigarette - though I guess it was the done thing at the time. 

13 comments:

  1. Lovely outfit! It's funny, isn't it - I used to have my hair cropped quite that short, and now the thought of it terrifies me. I think you'd really suit it!

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    1. Thanks! I think it might the impetus for me to get rid of the last of my Melbourne weight - when I first moved here I discovered the awesome market about 500m from my house - queue in many cannoli, fresh pasta, almond biscuits....

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  2. What a pretty outfit. Love that print.

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  3. You have such classy taste Rachel and I can't get over your sewing productivity considering you have a little one, you're one heck of a supermum! Both your makes our gorgeous by the way and I really think you would rock a shorter haircut!

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    1. Thanks Marie! I think I go in spurts - sometimes Little M doesn't sleep too well during the day so I get nothing done for ages -- and sometimes the house chores don't get done either! And I put sewing before cleaning - but who doesn't!!

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  4. Love your new skirt! And those labels are fantastic! Sorry to hear little M is having the teething pains! Hopefully her teeth come in soon! xoxoxo

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    1. Thanks Debi! I think they're close... found a little lump this morning - but she won't let me feel her gums anymore, so its hard to tell. Keep trying to make here laugh so I can see in there!

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  5. Definitely do the pixie style cut! I think it would look fabulous :)
    And what a fabulous idea - I love those tags!

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  6. Love both the skirt & top...very summer breezy! And the skirt fabric is just gorgeous. It's a real skill to be able to find the gem hiding amongst the rubbish spotlight tends to sell! As for the hair, I say do it! I've been thinking about getting the chop too, and the worst thing that can happen is you wait for it to grow out!

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  7. Love the skirt and the top. I was eying off that fabric for a while but decided the elastane might be too hot for up here. I definitely think you could pull off the pixie look.

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  8. Great skirt! I think i need to try a Colette pattern or two.
    I've been feeling the same about my hair recently, so much so that i've not bothered to have it cut for almost 3 months! I'm toying with the idea of growing it some more.

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  9. Love, love, love your skirt!! I just got a huge order of Colette patterns including this one. Fantastic combo of fabric & pattern.

    Go for the short pixie cut! I did after I had my first baby. Super easy to look after and style. Just make sure your eyebrows and eyelashes are trim/dyed.

    How long have you been in Melbourne? We're also from QLD. This is our 7th year in Melbourne.

    Check out my very new blog www.sewbrunswick.blogspot.com.au

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