My creative space: dotty

 I've just made this fabric, that I screen printed the other day, into this spotty dotty canvas tote bag. 

 It kiiiind of goes with my weird spotty dotty trousers.  I bought these on a whim from the op shop the other day in my frustration at finding trousers that fit/are comfy.  I had high hopes for altering them somehow...they're a weird 3/4 length, baggy like pyjamas and kind of high-waisted.  I've got a feeling though, that they might end up being reincarnated as zippered purses rather than a garment...I might just keep on wearing skirts all the time. 

And I just bought one of these.  It's wonderful, even if I am terrified of its sharpness.  

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Happy Thursday!

Spotty

 I bought a brand new blank silk screen the other day to replace my borer-ridden one and its first task was to make me some green polka dots.  I cut a stencil for these and printed them on canvas...they're going to become a bag (with spotty dotty handles too).  I do believe I have some sheer fabric in my stash that could make a matching top!

 I've also been printing onto canvas with my stamps and fabric ink.  The stamps came out a bit uneven on the textured fabric but I think they'd come out better on calico or something a bit lighter.  Stay tuned to see what became of this stamped fabric!

My creative space - black and white and polka dots

My creative space today has lots of polka dots and black and white.  I finished this dress yesterday, it's from my old faithful dress pattern, Vogue 1923, from the '90s.  I didn't have quite enough fabric so I had to do a bit of a jigsaw with the back!  It's a bit more A-line than the many many other versions of this dress I've made because I took the pattern up on the shortening line before I started, a step I usually forget.  I just realised it matches my polka dot stockings!  I wonder if I should wear them together.

 I think it's going to be a cheery summer staple.   

Speaking of black and white, look at what was in my letterbox this morning!  There's going to be a whole lot of stamping on fabric going on around here.  I played around this morning with stamping leaves directly onto the stamp pad which made some nice ghostly prints. 

 

And speaking of polka dots, this fabric is next in my sewing queue.  It's a piece of cotton/silk that was the skirt of a voluminous dress in a past life.  I think I'm going to make it into a breezy summer top.  

 

What have you been making?  

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Hope you're having a good Thursday!