love that …
2009
A very sweet friend sent me Ross’s marvellous new book “Weekend Sewing” for my birthday and this morning I just had to have a stitch. This wonderful folky look is just my style – and Kaffe’s riotous flowers were perfect for the occasion.
Oooh very nice. :-)
It’s been such a treat to wear – I did add bobby pins at one point to hold it in place, but I think they may well have detracted from it’s funkiness. Amazing how a pair of bobby pins can make me feel as if I’ve stepped backed to the 50s and have my hankie pinned in place for mass! So no bobby pins for me.
Abby was smitten – and a quick rummage through the fabric pile produced this Japanese sweetie.
Sacha’s here for a sleepover so she needed one too …
Then Char joined us on the back porch for dinner – so she too was invited to plunder the fabric pile and is now looking most chic in Charisma.
Mum flatly refused one – a wee lack of felicity there perhaps :-) – but Toph seemed keen. It took a bit of finicky-stitching to produce a head scarf that fitted – the first attempt will be lucky to fit one of the American Girls.
However, when the girls collapsed with delighted giggles over Toph’s new found sweetness, she became all huffy and demanded we remove it straight away! Never mind, Lucy was madly interested and has strutted her stuff around the house all evening.
Good on you Lucy!
So if you have the book, quick – grab a fat quarter and have a go – they are such fun to make and even quicker than hemming a napkin!
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Hi, hi, what a sweet head scarf family!!! So nice to see them. Head scarves are so good in summertime to wear. I´ve seen today the first finches this spring. Old saying is that they come half a month before summer…
I have this book too – it is delightful – your should follow Heather on her blog (if you haven’t already) because there are allsorts of adaptations and variations on her patterns in the book to be found.
I have made 2 summer blouses and have cut out a short version of the shirtdress :)
Loved this post. Loved it.
How cute! Very stylish dogs there!
Ha! I’ll have to try my hand at headscarves for my 3 labbie girls!! AND ONE for me too. I work at the College of Dentistry here at UT and one of our dental students always wears a headscarf to keep her hair back – I’ve always thought it so sweet. robin
OH – and when did I miss little A becoming Abby or Abigail?? sweet name for what I am sure is a sweet girl.
Such fun!
When I was a girl – think hippies – I was making these, or similar for all my girlfriends – fabric came from old clothes, often our fathers work shirts, so the fabric was usually plaid and flannel – or sometimes a office shirt that was usually white so we sometimes would ‘colour’ on them with wax crayons, then iron in the colour to make them look not so like a nurses cap… Great summer wear for farm girls picking berries, or chasin’ cows…
OMG! You all look so folksie chic! I saw this book today, but opted for the “Sewn by Wendy: Home Stretch”. I desperately need some cute-ish maternity clothes. I thought it might give me the courage to cut…we will see.
Lily, you always point out what should be apparent under my own nose. I LOVE the headscarves–especially your first fabric choice, of course. Herself has been wearing a headband that is more of a scarfy type on top. Had I re-opened the book, I could be making her headscarves for every outfit. Shocking that I call myself a sewer. Everyone looks happy with their new headwear!
Such a sweet idea. Love the headscarf idea.
Headscarves ~ a throwback to my youth. In the sixties, they were triangular with long ties. In the seventies, they were more like bandanas, worn with denim overalls. In the eighties, I had a`couple that matched sundresses. In every case, I wore`them less as a fashion accessory and more as a bad hair necessity. They sufd look cute on your brood.