Hello sewers!
Earlier this year I spent a weekend with some friends living in Mallorca. We had a morning at the Fundació Miró Mallorca - it turned out to be my favourite kind of gallery/museum, based in the artist's home and with a sense of what it was like when he and his wife Pilar lived there. It was an artist's idyll - his studio in particular.
I made a picture with my own Miró cat hard at work.
I've been wanting to have a go at designing my own fabric for a while, having been really inspired by Katie, Katie and Emily, and many of the other lovely designs by sewing bloggers. I knew I wanted a really big abstract print, so with Miró in mind I had a look for a likely painting, and made a repeat pattern in Photoshop based on this one below.
Joan Miró Spanish Dancer, 1926.
My Photoshop design.
I ordered a metre of Spoonflower organic cotton jersey with some kind of skirt planned. I used the bottom half of the Nettie Dress pattern and added a black band with 2" elastic for the waist. I didn't bother to hem the bottom - this was a pretty quick sew but I just wanted something to show off the print. And it came out like this!
The top is the Nettie Dress top, sewed quite a while ago and happily a good match! Recently I went with my friends Ella and Eve to see the Van Gogh at the Tate Britain, and this wall on the stairs seemed the ideal backdrop for some blog pics!
Looking at the photos I worried about the absolute baboon-bum effect of the pattern placement - Ella assured me it's fine IRL, but actually I don't much mind either way.
I'm looking EXTRA pleased here because I also get to show off my best make ever - my Desmond Roll Top Backpack!
I love it very much! I wear it every single day, and having it with me gives me a lot of pleasure. The pattern was a treat to use - really well set out and with excellent instructions. I got the fabric and notions from The Cloth House and from Kleins - it didn't end up at all being a cheap project, but I really love it and it feels like it's going to last me - so I'm glad I made the investment in good fabric and notions.
A million backpack photos! So much bliss!
Red bums and red backpacks all the waaaay!
