in which I make yet another tartan thingie…

Hello!  I’ve made a new.. blouse? jacket?  the more open-ended “top” would be the least controversial, I suppose!

This is the new Rhonda pattern by Fibremood… I always tend to go for the weirdest pattern in any collection because that’s just my preference in just about anything, and I was not disappointed with my choice this time either! It’s quite unique; sorta boxy giving a tres-flattering square shape to one’s torso  #imjoking and an up-and-down hemline all around.  The sleeves are wide and a little flared without being annoyingly big.  If I’m being critical I’m not super sold on the buttoned back; such a thing has a tiny whiff of “homemade” about it and maybe I would substitute a zip or even an invisible zip in a lighter fabric next time.  But, I’m ok with it for them most part.

I didn’t have matching buttons in my stash, so got some blue fabric covered ones that I’d rescued off a cardigan, many years ago, and used a sharpie to colour them in black.  Perfect!  I really like how they’re a little woolly looking, just like the fabric.

Oh, the fabric?  This was a leftover, given to be by Mum.  She’d bought it in Melbourne, during one of our girls’ trips over there; and subsequently made a pair of trousers for herself.  In true Mum fashion she had bought about 2m too much.  The wrong side is a bit fluffy, like a blanket, and this is the side I used as a right side.  The actual right side is a lot more defined and sharp looking, which is nice but I just wanted the slightly fluffy, ill-defined felted look of the wrong side.

I managed to get this little jacket out of it, and also a little matching skirt.  Oh, you’ve noticed I am not wearing the matching skirt?  That’s because while I used my own perfectly fitting skirt block to cut it out, I foolishly failed to add seam allowances.  And then steam-rollered through without pausing to try it on at any point, until it was completely finished.   So it turned out depressingly tiny *sob*  Fortunately it fits Cassie just fine, so she accepted it happily.  I’m quite sad because it honestly looked so cute with the matching jacket! but really; I have enough skirts planned top of that one to suit my needs.

I’ll attach a picture of Cassie wearing the skirt here when I can get one… until then!

please say hi to my darling little grandson and BooBoo … and yes, I am … just a little bit dying of heat right here.  But hey; summer is here at last, and I am NOT complaining!