Wednesday, May 27, 2009

A Little Inspiration

Have you bumped across ilovebreadandjam.com yet? They are making little girls' pinafores in printed quilter's cotton from the USA.  I recognised prints by Heather Baily, Heather Ross and Alexander Henry straight away.  

Their dresses show how a simple to sew, plain dress becomes something rather special in the right fabric.  In fact, the simple shape suits these fabrics much better than a fussier pattern would.

At £24 a dress, they are not unreasonably priced.  But, if like me, you'd prefer to have a go yourself, I'd suggest looking for fabric on fabric worm.  The selection is incredible and Cynthia is happy to ship from California to the UK. Just don't forget that you are liable for import duties if you go over £18 including shipping.