I’ve made a few new things, thus appropriately using all my “circa 2022” labels, hurrah! I know, I know, using up labels should NOT be a criteria for making anything, and yet.. and yet… I still felt compelled to do so. And these are all things that I am going to be very happy wearing, so I’m ok with it all
First up!
this dress, another from my self-designed pattern that Cassie and I are working on right now. I made this one from this dress that I wasn’t wearing any more. I really loved the large scale check linen, but the length and sheer volume of the dress made it unwieldy if not borderline uncomfortable to wear on the beach… which let’s face it; is a large part of my life nowadays. I’m much happier with the fabric usage now since I am more inclined to wear it in this more streamlined iteration! Technical deets; I had to cut many pieces on the bias and there’s a centre back seam in the back bodice, which shouldn’t be there; but I covered it up with a bias cut strip of dark chocolate cotton. Mostly to obscure the complete lack of patten matching here, which was visually jarring to my eyes.
Second! a simple little white Booragoon top. Actually; and Third! I’ve just remember I made TWO simple little white Booragoon tops; one for Lainey for Christmas, which I have totally failed to photograph. Picture this top, just in white.
btw, I didn’t put labels in things I made for others, just because you never know if people are going to get the same kick out of them that I do… Anyway I made another white one for me too… pictured on Cassie here.
This is Cassie’s and my Christmas post for our pattern company this year; I’m wearing my mustard Yallingup dress, Cassie is wearing her yellow Booragoon skirt and the aforementioned new little white Booragoon top. You might be able to see it’s a tiny bit big on her, since it’s my size.
Fourth! I made a new skirt, using some Ikuntji Artists fabric, that I did purchase during this year, using the voucher that I’d won for this outfit. The print is called “Mintjinperri”, by Kelly Dixon, which sadly seems to be no longer available.
Having said that though, I think the print is what totally makes the skirt! Pretty amazing, huh?! The skirt is partially lined with dark blue lining fabric.
The pattern is my own, another that I am developing right now. I made it long, with two side splits, and the also split lining is attached to the splits at the sides.
Something giving me joy? sounds a tad obsessive, but I used coffee coloured thread for most of it, including the topstitched hem, which is the only visible stitching on the thing. A few spots had coffee coloured top-stitching on solid dark blue areas which was a little distressing, so I switched to dark navy blue for these bits.
Fifth! I made the matching, dark navy-blue Booragoon top. Well, I still had my pattern pieces out so just cut it out and ran it up very quickly. I’ve already written just about anything I can think of with regards to the Booragoon, my own pattern, but just know that I’m not making it up again and again just to big note myself, but because I truly love this little pattern right now. It’s very flattering to my figure, and because it’s sleeveless it goes nicely under cardigans in the summer too.
So that’s it! The very last of my 2022 labels, and the very last day of the year too. Seems fitting
I’m going to try to squeeze in a retrospective post before the VERY end of the day too, so fingers crossed! If I did, then it’s going to be very obvious, very soon!