Second make from the stash and it’s this gorgeous embroidered cotton lawn. At first I didn’t know where I had got this one from but I consulted my Cora fabric stash app and it has it recorded as being from Pitt Trading.

I kind of didn’t know what I wanted to make with this one but I had it with me while I was away dog sitting along with my standard block and thought I’d have a little play with making the neckline a little more square, narrow the shoulder straps, drop the back neck to be a scoop back, eliminate the centre back zip and of course change it to a more empire line bodice. I know it reads like a lot of changes but it actually wasn’t too big an ordeal mostly just drawing lines and adjusting.

The skirt was determined by the amount of leftover fabric which I cut in half across the width of the fabric to make the skirt length (being short is such a win for using up less fabrics!). Then it was gathered tightly onto the bodice which had been bagged out with some white cotton lawn (also from the stash). I added a lining to the skirt of white cotton lawn (also gathered) but because I did the gathering separately it makes the skirt seem extra floofy so the whole thing feels like a cloud.

I had to wait till I got home from dog sitting to do some overlocking as I did attempt to zig zag the fabric but the zig zag did not play well with the embroidery so I thought I’ll just wait and overlock it at home.

Pattern: self drafted block

Fabric: embroidered cotton lawn and plain cotton lawn both from the stash originally from Pitt Trading

Changes: pattern changes as noted above