Let’s be honest here, folks. It’s fairly common knowledge that I have a weakness for prints when it comes to fabric. 50s prints. Tiny prints. Scandinavian pony prints. Are they stylish? No. Are they practical? No. Do I still make things out of them and then struggle to wear them in public? Heck yes! And what I am about to show you is my latest addition to my crazy print family, the rarest of beasts… The bird print!
I would like to take a but a moment to point out that I really did enter Spotlight with the best of intentions. I was locked into grabbing a lovely Japanese lawn or voile to try making a Jasmine blouse with a drapey fabric. And I tried. Boy, did I try. I spent 20 minutes comparing virtues of one floral print to another and for the life of me, I just couldn’t do it. Don’t get me wrong- I love a good floral but I’m not quite sure I can pull one off. And there it was, stashed at the back, hiding in shame, my poor little bird print. And I had to give it a home.
So I had another bash at the Jasmine blouse, this time using the recommended type of fabric. What I ended up with a cute, flowy summery top. Pity it is a whole 10 degrees here today.
With this fabric the blouse drapes more softly and feels all swishy-swishy when I move.
One of my favourite features of this blouse are the little notched sleeves. They just look so darling. Gah! When did I start using the word darling? Oh, wait. When I saw these sleeves. Zing!
And I am so betting you are calling them darling too now! Now only if the weather would warm up or I sew something not made of cotton. It may be time to stash dive and see what I will make next!
Oh my gosh! It’s such a darling print; nice work!
I only discovered your blog the other day and it’s already costing me money- yesterday I dashed into spotty to find the little house print (I did – yay!) and now I want to go and find this one… can’t wait to see more of your garments.
Thanks, Renae! I am such a sucker for crazy, fun prints
I can’t wait to see what you do with the tiny houses. I am thinking the Violet blouse by Colette Patterns. And thank you 
I’m the same… whales and kookaburras and hippos are the latest additions!
I have to admit I went and sought out the tiny houses too. Now I need to decide what to do with it!
Ellen- I have big news. The tiny houses are now in a ridiculously cute pink/blue/green colour combo! I may or may not have picked some up today. We can have print obsession pride together
This fabric is gorgeous!!!! And the blouse is lovely as well
Thanks, Felicity! It is one of my fave bird prints.