Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Applique Love

After years of being terrified of patterns and 'real sewing', I have finally conquered my fear. So far I am the creator of THREE dresses. However, the act of sewing with virgin fabric, rather than re cutting and altering existing clothes, comes with the realisation that it is very difficult to buy interesting fabrics in most sewing store. Instead I have been using very cheap, $4 a meter cotton and jazzing things up with the addition of appliques which can be bought for a few dollars on etsy.

Here's my attempt to 'interesting up' a black top with a purple lace applique.

Before

Pinning down the lace


 After

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