Butterfly jacket
A new favourite maybe. The butterfly material was bought at the show at the NEC a couple of weeks ago, and the lining is a luxurious paisley pattern (not bought at the NEC). The hardest part was working out how to cut it out so that I had complete butterflies at the front. I could have bought metres of material and tried to get matching patterns all the way round, a la S/S 13, but I am not really sure that it would have been worth it. Splattered butterflies works ok. And it was such a joy to work with cotton again – it cuts easily, sews easily and presses where you want it to stay. It will crumple when it travels, but I will get to like it crumpled. It will be like real butterfly wings!
And there is enough lining material left for a simple blouse to go with it. I ordered the pattern today, so watch this space.
One Week, One Pattern
Me Made May 2016
Me Made May 2015
Simplicity Competition
Sew Over it Patterns
all my own work by ann 