Fabric
Thank you all for your assistance on the felted bag. As soon as the handles arrive I’ll be ready to play with the lining and see what works best. I think I’ll take some of the knowledge I gained from the Weekender Bag and apply it to finishing this bag. I’m really excited to see how it develops. As promised, here’s the fabric I picked out for the lining.
And a close-up
The fabric has a variety of reds and matches the flowers nicely. I also like that it has a soft floral design, but isn’t terribly busy. Hopefully it will look good once it’s in.
The other fabric I picked up over the weekend is some cotton for the retro dress. The challenge was to find something cute and fun that didn’t make people think of their grandmother’s house dress (not that there’s anything wrong with your grandmother’s house dress, but it isn’t exactly the look I’m going for). After much debate, “trying” many fabrics, and enlisting the help of pretty much everyone in the store (including my mom), this is what I came up with.
My mom is not a blue fan – it would be the very last color she’s ever choose to wear (ok, fushia might actually be the very last color) – and she was very surprised that she liked the blue, which makes me feel pretty good about the choice. If she actually liked it, that is indeed a good sign. I still need to get bias tape and buttons – I’m thinking navy. I hope I can pick them up tomorrow. Travis is going to be gone all day Saturday, so I might actually get some sewing done. Or, I might not. You just never know around here.
Category: Clothing, Felting, SewIKnit | Tags: Noni Carpet Bag, Retro Dress 17 comments »
July 19th, 2006 at 10:18 am
The blue is very cute!
July 19th, 2006 at 10:34 am
I really like that blue – a nice bright/subtle pattern! The red floral is nice too – not overtly loud.
July 19th, 2006 at 11:09 am
Ooooo…to both!
July 19th, 2006 at 11:11 am
I like it and I think Navy blue bias tape is perfect!
July 19th, 2006 at 12:03 pm
Love both fabrics!
July 19th, 2006 at 12:09 pm
Love the fabrics for both projects….perfect matches, just perfect. Hope you have some time to sew. Sounds like many of us will be tied to a sewing machine.
July 19th, 2006 at 12:25 pm
the fabrics are great, but the thing i’m taken with about this post is the angle at which the sun must have been when you took the pics of the red fabric. i love the shadows the blades of grass cast upon the fabric!
July 19th, 2006 at 12:32 pm
Ooooh, pretty fabric!
July 19th, 2006 at 1:31 pm
Oh, I love that “retro dress,” but certainly could not wear one. I would look like grandmother’s house with that on!
July 19th, 2006 at 2:19 pm
Sounds like a cute dress, I like the blue fabric although I’m not a blue fan myself most of the time, unless it’s denim blue.
Love the bag lining.
July 19th, 2006 at 2:59 pm
Oh, that dress is a cute pattern. What fun!
July 19th, 2006 at 4:22 pm
Those are some really great fabrics! I can’t wait to see the finished products!
July 19th, 2006 at 4:31 pm
loveeee the blue….
July 19th, 2006 at 6:20 pm
I love those fabrics!!!! The red is perfect. I can’t wait to see how it turns out!!
July 19th, 2006 at 7:08 pm
Very cool indigo. The sunset red is equally eye-popping. Where do you get such pretty fabric? I can never find such nice stuff. And a belated comment on the Noni bag – FABULOUS!
July 20th, 2006 at 9:01 pm
Ooooh, pretty fabrics. Love ‘em.
[Stacey D. here making my Amazing Lace pit stop. Love your blog!]
July 21st, 2006 at 6:16 am
Beautiful fabrics! The red will look perfect inside the felted bag, and I can’t wait to read about the dress-making endeavor. I always enjoy reading about your adventurous projects!