I finally finished the summer pyjamas for Miss O. Here is the top.
And the pants.
On Tuesday I went out to lunch with some of my work colleagues. In the interests of both my waistline and my purse I opted to have the salad. For $15 I had a full-sized plate of 3 different salads – noodle, green bean and Greek salads. The flavours were delicious and it was a substantial meal.
After lunch I went to Lincraft to look for some buttons. I have a piece of linen fabric that I bought a couple of years ago and I want to make a summer top that buttons down the back so I wanted some really special buttons for it. I used all the money I saved on my lunch and more when I bought 5 buttons for $2.82 each.
This is the fabric and buttons. The fabric is pure linen with a pattern embroidered in gold thread. I think the fabric was about $25 and the buttons were $14. While this seems extravagant it is still much better value than buying a blouse of similar quality.
I will make the blouse when we get back from our holidays.
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Op shops often sell buttons in jars and some of them are really beautiful. the other day I needed to mend a shirt and struggled to find a button because when we moved I sold all my buttons on Ebay. I had a heap of beautiful buttons that I had collected and expected never to use again. My dressmaking days are over.
Looking forward to seeing a picture of your blouse. I majored in sewing when I was at High School.
Jeni
I often buy some buttons at my local op-shops but they are usually small buttons and certainly nothing like I wanted for this top. I will definitely post a photo when I make the top. At the moment the design is still in my head!!