A quick trip to Tessuti

I'm just  home from 3 nights in Sydney. It's so much warmer there!

We went up primarily to see The Maids, but also saw family and friends and this morning played tourist and went to the top of Sydney Tower (it will always be Centrepoint to me).  I had a vague plan that I might have finished my Richard, Lyla and Mathilde blouse before we went but I had a lot of non sewing nights last week so it remained sleeveless and buttonless at home.

My sister did the Ponti Pants course at Tessuti yesterday afternoon so I very happily joined her for a little shop prior to her starting the course.  She raved about the course by the way and now I wish I’d done it too. 

After happily proclaiming the other day that I don't have many projects on the go and only a small stash, I can now confess to having a cupboard full of sewing hours.

Here are my purchases.

First up, A Valentino spotted silk satin organza,  that I just kept returning to again and again in the shop.  In the end, despite it being an expensive per metre purchase I only bought a metre for a top. I know! What am I going to do with this!??! I bought it with a simple Grainline Scout tee in mind - perhaps with a slight variation in the sleeves. But is this even possible in this fabric?? Eeek. I’m a bit scared to do anything with it...

Against my better sewing judgement I bought this knit. Because it is cool and I can see me wearing it. I just have to sew it! I have this idea of a boat top neck with tightish arms - maybe bat wings and a bit of a swing.  So I will be keeping my eyes open for such a pattern or else I will have to risk going off piste and draft something or maybe I will just do the 'made by wendy' boat tee.

   

Of course a bit of Liberty, this time L’Estrange from AW 12/13.  Have you seen Paunnet’s version of Gerite’s sailorblouse?  It is so gorgeous that I immediately bought the creative bug lesson and wonder if this fabric might not be super cute as that pattern.

My sister found this little gem a few days before which she gifted me, so perhaps with this I might jump on the Vogue 1250 bandwagon.. or maybe a skirt.  Anyone know any good ponti skirt pattern?

Finally, I also bought some German stiff Navy Twill, which I didn't photograph, but I will make into the Sinbad and Sailor O'Keefe skirt. I love the feel of this fabric so it might also become other things, but I’ll start with the O’Keefe skirt.

So there are the new additions to the project files. There is a bit of a trend in the colour isn't there. Anyway, I shouldn't need to do any fabric shopping for quite some time.... the project list is now back to a very healthy size.  Well it's not often I get to go to Tessuti, so I needed to make the most of it.