'Ride boldly lad and never fear the spills' is a quotation from Banjo Paterson's poem, The Man From Snowy River. My husband looked at me very oddly once when I told him that that's what I say to myself when I'm about to do something I'm not confident about. Like add a cuff to the sleeves of the satin blouse I'm making. I thought that using my favourite blouse pattern for this project was an entirely safe choice. But I hadn't taken into account the weight of the fabric. Because it's quite heavy, the sleeves didn't drape as they usually do, but stuck out wildly. I decided to tame them by gathering them into a cuff. It was a bit nerve wracking because the material frayed when I put a lot of gathers in to fit it to the cuff, but in the end it worked. Phew.
Just beautiful! And who doesn't like dragonflies? I have some fabric similar to this, funny how we are so far apart and can get almost the same fabric!
ReplyDeleteI made my favorite pattern in wool fabric once, and forgot to take in account that thickness made it slightly smaller too! :(
You're right, this one is a bit snugger than I intended too!
DeleteBold and beautiful! I love the cuffed sleeve and would never have known it wasn't original.
ReplyDeleteNever saw the flick but LOVE LOVE LOVE that quote. I will dine out with it, surely! : ))
ReplyDeleteIt's lovely! And that's a very useful quotation; I'm going to adopt it too.
ReplyDeleteIt's very pretty!! :)
ReplyDeleteI love it! My colour, too. ;-)
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