Time for some sewing for ME!! #selfishsewing

I spend a lot of time in my local fabrics shops looking for a particular sort of fabric for a commission. Most recently I was looking for green, yellow and coral kite fabric, and then pale pink taffeta to make some curtains out of. 

Whilst I do enjoy browsing, it's always hard as I can easily choose what I would go for, but trying to decide what the client would choose, is a lot harder. 

I'd been browsing on about 5 separate occasions when I decided that it was about time I bought some fabric for me. I had many many options of ones I'd see that I really liked, and could imagine what I'd make out of them, but I calmed myself down and ended up buying just 2 pieces of fabric. This one was £6 per metre, and I loved the soft colours and the vintage-y style print. My boyfriend did comment that it looked like I was making a dress out of my Granny's table cloth, but what does he know?!?

I made a pattern from a dress I have which I bought in a vintage shop in Thailand 9 years ago, and have rarely been able to wear, as I can just about do it up, but can't really sit down, or eat in it, for fear of the buttons bursting apart. So I used it to make a pattern, and then enlarged it to make sure that this one would actually fit. 

The great thing about this fabric, is that the pattern has no right way up, so I could use it both ways up, to cut as many pieces as I could from the piece of fabric. I made a draft toile first out of some plain green fabric I had, made a few adjustments, and then went ahead with the real thing. 

I'd been given a self cover button set a few years ago, and had never used it, so decided that this would be the perfect opportunity to use them. I am very pleased with the finished result. 

Even more excitingly, I also had a fair bit of fabric left (I'd bought 1.5m and it was 1.5m wide) so used a very comfy summer pair of shorts that I have, to make a pattern for some comfy elasticated waist shorts. 

The pom pom trim, I'd been given for my birthday, was the perfect finishing touch for these shorts. I can't WAIT for it to be warm enough to wear them out! Preferably on holiday.....