Fabric Trends

After working the past few weeks for Michael Miller I am all tired out of hounds-tooth.  I found that Michael Miller is not the only company using hounds-tooth.  Riley Blake have also been posting projects using hounds-tooth on their Pinterest feed.  The skirt that I made, the tennis bag and quilt (that I just finished) were all hounds-tooth.  I never thought to see this print in cotton because normally it shows up in tweed.  My last two few days have been spent quilting a black and white quilt.

This is the first time that I have sewn an all over pattern and I have to say that the process was quicker that most of my quilting projects.

New Adventure

I have been given the chance to test my sewing skills.  A few weeks ago I was given the chance to make clothing for an upcoming add campaign.  Apparently hounds-tooth is quite popular right now because all of the fabric for the clothing we are making is that print.  The fabric for this skirt came from Michael Millers' Houndstooth and Friends midnite jems, available in May.

The tennis skirt that I made

I'm pretty proud of how the skirt turned out.  I made a few mistakes(i.e. hemmed using a blind stitch when the pattern called for a topstich), but I learned the most important thing I can do before I start a pattern is to read the instructions word for word.