Sunday, October 22, 2017

Thinking Plaid

The 2017 Pattern Review Plaid Contest has just started. And so I have been out surfing plaids.

Here is a wildly colored printed plaid. I really love these crazy colors. 



I wanted to make this fun Mc Call's top. I really like the asymmetrical cascade and all the interesting intersecting lines. I am a sucker for B&W graphics and plaids, so it was odd to be so strongly attracted to that peculiar yellow in the print. Well, the bad news about my first plaid selection is that it is a printed plaid, and it isn't going to work because in this pattern the back side of the fabric shows in the cascade. You need fabric with a weave, or a print, that is the same color on both sides.          
So back to the drawing board. 



Friday, October 20, 2017

Second Place!

Was happy to have won second place in the 2017 Pattern Review Tunic Contest. Thank you to StyleMaker Fabrics for being the sponsor of the contest and for the $50 Gift Certificate second prize. Can't wait to buy more fabric!


Tunic Top Contest 2017