The Piece of Cake Addiction

Seems the Piece of Cake Tunic is addictive.

Once you've created your first you'll want ten!


This is Allex's first.

With her personalised (adjusted) pattern

 (Allex wanted more fitting so we enlarged the tucks & added darts),

a newly acquired love of sewing and a fresh appreciation of fabric

Allex plans on joining every class for the rest of the year!

The fabric combination Allex chose is still available in the Studio Shop - 

I've enough for one more Tunic Top

 if interested please let me know and I'll send you details.

It was a Piece of Cake marathon sewing day
in the Studio yesterday....
even my mum made one.

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  (l-r Me, Judith, Inge, Allex, Christine/my Mum)

Tired Bunnies

Couldn't help myself 

 I was desperate to see what the fabric would look like made up...

so sampled the Fishing for Compliments Tunic in it.

I think because I'm soooo in love with the plaster pink I'm not noticing the

upside down tired bunnies....as much.

Turns out Kokka who manufacture the Trefle range, which this design is from, have quite a few designs with upside down images - some I think work better than others.

An alarming observation I made today when I Googled 'Trefle by Kokka' was that some online stores don't seem to have images portraying the fabric patterns in their entirety.
As much as I was annoyed at myself for not noticing the bunnies being upside down, it might have been nice to have had it pointed out to me - after all it's not a cheap exercise.
I know I'd be pissed if 3m turned up in the mail without me knowing half of it was upside down.

I'm not a very experienced fabric purchaser being that most of my garment creations are REcreated however since starting the sewing patterns I'm discovering a whole new world that revolves entirely around fabric and it's applications....
and I'm trying very hard to restrain myself.
My favourite fabrics at the moment are the Japanese cotton & linen blends because they're fantastic quality, just quirky enough and affordable.

Have your Cake and eat it!

The Piece of Cake Frock pattern

is so named because it is,

a piece of cake to make...

 

  and wear,

 the simple silhouette means you can be creative with your fabric choices...

 

layer it for any season...

and

 

 be comfortable eating as much cake as you want knowing you'll still look & feel fantastic!

You could be like me and put your 'Cake' on, look in the mirror and exclaim

"I probably wont wear anything else!"

So far I've worn mine 4 days straight with different tights, boots, jeans, cardigans & skivvys - might be time to make another one!

Now the little Sew Outside the Lines™ family of 3 is complete and available

in my new

Shop!

I probably should explain what's inside each pattern package

and I will,

in the next day or two,

when I've had time to catch my breathe and REacquaint myself with my other family. 

a Good Example

I hadn't worn this Tunic for at least a year.
It spends most of it's life in suit bags travelling from Fashion Talks to Workshops, as it's one of my favourite examples of REinventing

It proves that you can't make a mistake
when you listen to your intuition.

Bought from the Oppy as Fishermans Pants I had every intention of turning them into a skirt - using the fold-over contrasting top section as the feature on the skirt.
I was a tad dismayed when I discovered that the contrasting turn-over section, which was to sit around my hips/waist, was most definately not going to do me any favours - my tummy doesn't need highlighting with more bulk!

So I walked away - a REinventing tool I advocate strongly.

Upon my return I lifted the garment and I liked what I saw - it was going to work much better as a top bit than a bottom bit.

So with armholes strategically placed and some manipulating with folds & tucks I created a garment that I'm still wearing on occassion 5yrs later.

Pulling this out the other day also reminded me that there is nothing fashionable about REinventing - making clothes this way expresses who you are on a much deeper level.

Oh yeah, another thought, if you start with quality that's what you'll end up with...