There seems to be a distinct lack of seriousness pervading the online sewing world. I expect you saw Karen’s confession vis a vis purchase of some very immature dinosaur fabric.
I ask you?!
Then about the same time, Roobeedoo posted about prints and what governs your print buying, and whether anyone thinks about the images prints portray, you know, for some gingham conjures up images of schooldays, for others animal prints might not be work appropriate. ahem. cough.
My turn to confess. I had mentioned that I have an elephant thing & pointed to Shivani’s amazing elephant shirt. I never countenanced elephant fabric until that point in time. And Roobeedoo, always the one who seems to have encyclopedic knowledge of every sewing product & style out there, aka temptress supreme, advised that Ditto fabrics had three different colours of elephant fabric in stock. I whooped right over there. Lots of little ellies on navy, on beige or on pink. Now I am a grown up, so what possessed me?
Why I have bought something fit for girls’ PJs? Trouble is, I overthought this, as my instinct was to go for the navy, but I am trying to bring more colour into my clothing [rolling eyes] no kidding. I have cut it out. It is not going to be nightwear or beachwear. No it is not even going to be novelty boxer shorts for Gary. It is going to be another Violet blouse. We’ll see how grown up it can be!
However, this is not the sole case of craziness in my sewing plans. Remember this addition to my pattern collection?
Yes, I felt positively euphoric when the possibilities for Christmas presents dawned on me after bagging it at the pattern swap at the Crafters’ Ceilidh in Edinburgh. [Progress is zero, by the way, but I am waiting for a fabric buying bonanza in Walthamstow, Goldhawk Road or even Birmingham.] But it still stands as something very silly in my sewing queue for 2012. But guess what? It has been joined by something else:
Pig in a tutu! (courtesy of Roo…. thank you)
Yep, there is definitely something strange & I think it’s contagious. You’d better watch out ….
Come on, fancy making me feel better? What’s the daftest thing you’ve got lined up to sew?
PS sorry about the randomness of picture sizing and styling. That’ll teach me not to mix my cameras …
Elephant violet will be fab. Coincidentally today I was planning a Noddy fabric skirt for me having made one for my four year old…her’s is on my blog, do you think I could get away with one too? Promise not to wear it at the same time as her. (She’s definitely upstage me!)
Yes, Debbie I want to see you in a Noddy skirt with a red polka dot pocket too! Great idea
Daft? What’s daft about elephants? My sister, on the other hand, is hot to buy some monkey upholstery fabric for a slipcover project. Yes, we have shopped 5 big fabric outlets in North Carolina in the past year or so, and found more than 20 lovely versions of drapery materials in several colorways, printed or woven with apes and monkeys (variously dressed as either circus performers or Regency lords and ladies). It boggles the mind. Elephants are quite okey-dokey in comparison.
Monkey fabric, and so many? Sounds huge fun!
I now “see monkeys” everywhere I go. No amount of imbibed alcohol has been enough to erase them from before my eyes. I even saw a very dirty slipper chair covered in tiny dancing primates at the thrift store last month.
heheheh so funny…
Oh Im a big fun of silly prints.. life is already to serous for us not to have some pure silly fun !
Pig in a tutu- lolwut. That pattern is awesome!
This is the weirdest pattern I own: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lladybird/6668985909/ . Although I supposed the choir robe pattern (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lladybird/6790172727/) might also be considered weird… I just thought it was funny. Can’t say I have any plans to sew them up though… yet.
Ooh, I absolutely love the idea of a Violet blouse in pink elephant print. How cute and fun! I bet Modcloth.com would sell something like that and not bat an eyelash…if Modcloth.com were a person, with eyes/lashes.
Really! Go for it! I’d love to see how it turns out.
Also, if it makes you feel any better, pretty much every THING I’ve sewn has been polka-dotted, which can be a bit much and come of as a tad juvenile at times. I didn’t do it on purpose, I promise. :-/
Cool entering into modcloth realms of fantasy! That’s something to aim for. I would love a polka dot filled wardrobe…
Ooh, I absolutely love the idea of a Violet blouse in pink elephant print. How cute and fun! I bet Modcloth.com would sell something like that and not bat an eyelash…if Modcloth.com were a person, with eyes/lashes.
Really! Go for it! I’d love to see how it turns out.
Also, if it makes you feel any better, pretty much every THING I’ve sewn has been polka-dotted, which can be a bit much and come of as a tad juvenile at times. I didn’t do it on purpose, I promise. :-/
hmm, not sure why my comment appeared twice – sorry!
Rainbow skirt. As in pieced, patchwork, made from 8 different fabrics rainbow skirt. Because I dreamed about it.
The elephants are cute. A Violet blouse made from them will be interesting. *g*
A rainbow skirt!!! I wished id thought of that!! How wonderful that will be ….
Not exactly lined up to sew, but I do have a Colette Macaroon in a lovely vw kombi-van print
Yay!! That would be the most awesome surfer dress ever!!
I love those elephants. I’ve seen the same print in lime green as well as orange and must confess I was tempted. This print will make a very cute violet blouse, IMO.
Thank you Andrea, like the sound of those zesty colours too. I was tempted to buy more than just the one colour… Maybe ill look out for others now
Can’t wait to see the Elephant Violet.
Considering I just bought three completely whimsical, impractical patterns, (while whining about the chaos of my sewing room), I am not in any fit state to criticise ANYONE’s sewing queue.
My grandma also adores elephants… her house is liberally sprinkled with them. Apparently they have to face east, however.
I think a Violet in Elephant print will be fantastic:)
Are you going to London for the Walthamstow fabric shop trip on the 7th April?
Suzy, I’m a maybe for the 7th April. Haven’t decided yet due to other calendar thingies! But thanks for the reminder.
I too have a weakness for elephants and my penchant for silly prints is obvious. I have been trying to be grown up, but I admit that I have a bottom-weight elephant print that I think would make a perfect Ginger. I would wear mine, if you wear yours!
I am already jealous thinking about it! Sounds like you need the elephant blouse to wear with the elephant ginger!!
‘Pig in a tutu’ may be the best words written EVER in a sewing blog. Now, seeing pink elephants… Isn’t that a reference to hallucinations? Perhaps your subconscious is returning to a past when you didn’t inhale? Yes, your new fabric is a damning indictment of your drug-taking past! You describe dino fabric as, um, silly. Do I have to prove both you and Roobeedoo wrong? I am loving the mad print vibe going on!
So either you’re saying that I could have chosen pink elephants based on a past experience, but what if the hallucination is actually happening now? Yikes!
Cannot wait for you to make something for you out of that dino print. Go on, show us what can be done!!!
Hehe, love this post! I think being / buying silly is so much fun and should be done more often! I’ve actually lusted over your Ditto fabric for a while…so I may have to get some too ;o) I was convinced that animal print clothes were cool when I saw these two creations by Joanne: http://stitchandwitter.com/2011/08/07/finished-project-a-whale-of-a-time-blouse/ & http://stitchandwitter.com/2011/09/10/completed-project-bright-eyes-smock-top/
Great spot Marie, thank you for the cool animal print links – I agree with you, joanne’s got them just right. It’s the colour I’m a bit scared of too. It’s very, pink!
And I meant to add, I don’t wear bubblegum pink…until now….
I’m fairly certain I wore that exact cow costume for a school play. Mom made it for me, and the head piece looks right…. Anyhow, if it is, it is a very comfortable costume. I’m sure the pig is as well.
Love the elephants. I keep thinking of making a pac-man dress…..
gaahhhh the internet is eating my comments.
anyhow, the gist was. Mom made me *that* cow costume for a school play yeeeeeears ago – it was very comfy, so I’m sure the pig will be as well.
the elephant will be glorious.
Wow! You had that cow costume?! How brilliant!!! Good to know that a fellow sewing Blogger can recommend an animal costume from first hand experience! I like the look of the cow, but apparently it would be too similar to the dog costume she’s already got, so pig it is.
I’m so thrilled that my elephant shirt has inspired the purchase of that pink elephant fabric!! I think it will make an amazing Violet – looking forward to it. And “pig in a tutu” – a concept that’s simultaneously so wrong and so right. x
Dearie me, what is the world coming to? Dinosaurs, elephants, pigs in tutus? I am sewing some plain charcoal grey trousers!
Elephant grey, perhaps?
Ha ha! Very good
Pig in a tutu?!?!?!?!?! Holy guacamole, I love it! As luck would have it, I’m just finishing up knitting an R2D2 hat (I’m married to an overgrown boy!):
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/r2d2-beanie
I don’t make too many things for Man Friend since he always requests novelty items that I can’t imagine him actually wearing, but I caved and made this for an upcoming ski trip.
Oh my gosh! I REALLY need to check that out! Thanks for the tip Ginger