Whoops, there goes 3 weeks. I'm going to gloss over the fairly comical story of finishing a 10 month renovation and then experiencing a freak rainfall that not only drops an unheard of amount of rain in your city but also knocks out your power for 3 hours. Which means your brand new sump pump can't work and your brand new basement floods. Yep, that happened. But before that happened, there was a whole bunch of sewing. Of the same garment, over and over again.
In total I made 4 new Wiksten Tank dresses. It started with a black and white striped version which I randomly threw jeans under when it got cold one night. Suddenly I realized how awesome the pattern is - a dress when hot, a tunic when cold. Amazing. So then I made a gingham version. Both of these gaped a little at the back neck, so after a quick search I came across Rae's suggested modification. It worked like a charm and the next one - made from mushroom linen - fit perfectly. Thank you, thank you Rae!
After the modification success I basically ran to the Workroom to get more fabric to make another. I settled on a blue chambray from the new Union collection from Robert Kaufman. I finished it that night (these take 90 minutes to sew, max!) but by the next night, my sewing marathon came to a quick close. A water logged studio will do that to any sewing marathon.
So now I'll get back to knitting while we re-enter the basement renovation phase. Spending time with wool is never a bad thing.
Loved this pattern so headed over and ordered it. I have painted and dyed a lot of fabric over the years and want to do something with it. Mixing and matching them. Mostly mixing them and this pattern looks perfect for me to play with. Thanks for the post. All the best, Debbie
ReplyDeleteSummer is here and these shirts are perfect for this season. Going to look for these shirts in local market, hope I will get it. Thank you for sharing it
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