mardi 18 juin 2013

Sewing for the family

I've been suffering from atrocious bouts of selflessness lately and as a result I made stuff for my relatives! It was my cousin/bff's birthday a few days ago and I made her a -if I dare say so- GORGEOUS jacket, I'm waiting for her to take a pic of it because of course I never thought about doing that when I had said jacket in my possession^^.
Meanwhile here's a t-shirt I customised for my mama using appliques, I found the shapes in one of my Mrs Stylebook magazines:




I had never tried appliques because I was afraid it would look a bit cheap and badly done but the result's actually quite nice, now I want to put some everywhere! I used two-face fusible interfacing, fabric scraps of course and finished the pieces with a narrow zigzag machine stitch.
I also made her a navy cotton skirt, the fabric has a beautiful embroidered, scalloped edge that gives the simple A-line design a lot of class :) And yes she has stolen what used to be MY Liberty top :

4 commentaires:

  1. I love that applique t-shirt. As for the "stolen top," you can always make another :)

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    1. Thanks! Yes, I think I have a little left from that Liberty so who knows... :)

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  2. I would never have guessed that was your first time doing appliqué! It looks really good.

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    1. Well I was really surprised at how easy this technique is, if you ever feel like trying it go ahead :)

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