Monday, September 21, 2020

It's All About The Width

 

I bought 2 metres of fabric on Friday, the end of a roll. The shop owner looked a bit sceptical when I said I was planning to sew a dress with it. I soon saw why. The fabric was very narrow - 110 cm, 43 inches across.  When I pinned on the pattern pieces, it was clear there wasn't enough for a dress. What to do? I could make a top, but what I wanted was a put-on-and-go Summer dress. I had a look through my stash and found some Shweshwe fabric that co-ordinated well. Aha. Shweshwe fabric has a rather stiff sizing on the back, so I soaked both pieces of fabric for an hour, dried and ironed them before going back to the cutting table:



By working very carefully, I could make a short dress. It comes to just below my knees, which is fine. This is what the inside looks like:


With wide fabric, I can get a long dress from a metre and a half. With narrow fabric, I struggled to make a short dress! 

6 comments:

  1. I've seen lots of clothes recently made from more than on material so it looks like you are in fashion, lol
    Briony
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  2. Very clever! I'm not sure my sewing skills are up to making adjustments like that. Isn't it fun to be able to use stash fabric in unexpected ways?

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  3. Love your resourcefulness !!! Always ends up with something great :-)

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  4. That's a very pretty, summery dress.

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