Tunic and a cheat!

 

Just finished a new tunic.

The pattern was taken from the "Stylish Dress Book" by Yoshiko Tsukiori. I love the Japanese pattern books and spend hours looking at the pictures, trying to imagine the patterns made up in different fabrics. The blog "Make Something" written by Karyn is really helpful because she has made up a number of the patterns which she kindly shares. The dresses can look so different depending on the fabric and length chosen and Karyn has made things I wouldn't have tried from the book, but that end up looking completely different. 

This is Dress E, made without sleeves,  just binding the arm hole edges with bias strips cut from the dress fabric. The pleated front panel and gathers along the back make it a super comfy dress or tunic. And it's got pockets too, my Nan would have approved!

It's a very light weight and soft cotton, indigo dyed I think.

 

I have made the pattern before in a linen cotton mix, with sleeves. Just to compare here it is ..

 

 

and here is a view of the back...

On to other things...

This cushion was made using left over Moorland Blanket (more here) yarn

and it is already in use on the sofa. It's a bit of a cheat if I am honest as I just sort of appliqued it on top of the old cushion front that had seen better days, reusing the back with a zippered opening.

Super quick and very lazy of me but sometimes a bit of a cheat is ok I think.

 

  

In the basket is my next crochet project, a new ripple blanket using two shades of grey and other leftovers from various projects. It's a "make it up as you go" project because my leftovers basket was starting to overflow. 

 

xx