Check out my new (old) sewing book: Dressmaking with Liberty by Ann Ladbury, published in 1984. It's so great: it has a pocket with all the patterns needed to make up the clothes, each design beautifully modelled and styled in some pretty full-on 80s Liberty prints. The dress with tie-on collar from the cover is a good example of the garments inside.
I used one of the patterns, for a boxy sort of blouse, to make the top above. No long lengths of Liberty on my shelf, so instead I used some drapey silk that I'd printed a while back with a hand-carved stamp. It was a simple project, but I'm pleased with it: should be handy for wearing over plain dresses, etc for work. Next, to experiment with some other patterns: Liberty-print homemade bikini, anyone?
Hope you have a lovely weekend.
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