Favourite Thing on a Friday

Thanks for all the comments on my last post - you have spurred me on to go ahead with the dresses, using that pattern.  I can always make something trendy another time (sewing and knitting for little ones is such fun!) 

And because I have been considering fabric purchases, today my favourite thing is

Liberty Tana Lawn.

I loved it when I was a teenager (though I couldn't afford it very often...) and I love it now.  

I remember going up to London on the train when I was fourteen, with my best friend Amanda.  (Yes, alone - we did things like that in those days!)  Although she didn't sew, Amanda loved Liberty designs too, especially the Art Nouveau ones .  So we wandered over Waterloo Bridge and headed for Regent Street to go and worship in the most beautiful shop in the world.  

vogue.co.uk

I can't remember if I bought any fabric that day, but I do remember spending ages looking and feeling all the delightful 'stuff'.  One of the wonderful things about their iconic designs is that if you can't afford it at that particular moment, you can come back a year, five years or a decade later (when you have saved up the pennies) and the design is likely to still be available.

Over the years I have splurged on a few different designs...

liberty.co.uk

'Pepper' in purple, for a simple blouse...

http://www.etsy.com/shop/Alicecarolinesupply?section_id=6373289

'Claire-Aude' in pale blue, for a skirt (which got turned into the first baby dress here)...

And this one, which was a top and skirt - now recycled into a baby dress and clothes for a rag doll...

Nowadays, a trip up to London is no longer essential, and I anticipate buying the fabric I require through the marvel that is the internet.  Normally it's good to feel the fabric and see the colours, but I know what Tana Lawn feels like, and I'm sure that any colour palette chosen by Liberty will please me, so the internet it is!


I have been browsing  and these are the fabrics that I am trying to choose between...

Eloise liberty.co.uk

Felicite liberty.co.uk

Betsy liberty.co.uk 

Capel liberty.co.uk

Wiltshire liberty.co.uk

Tatum liberty.co.uk

Claire-Aude liberty.co.uk 

How will I ever decide?  


Do pop over to Mimi and Tilly and see what other people's favourite things are today!

Favourite Thing on a Friday

I'm joining in with Mimi and Tilly for 

mimiandtilly.blogspot.com

So what was my favourite thing today?

A simple (and quickly made) lunch with friends...

A double-ended tart (goats' cheese, thyme and tomato on the left, mozzarella, tomato and basil to the right because I didn't know if everyone liked goats' cheese) with potato salad and carrot salad...

Grated carrots, raisins and toasted sunflower seeds with a lemony dressing

Followed by a glazed apple cake...

Before baking

And after!

Actually, the company and the chat were the best bit, but they'd never have let me take photos to put on my blog (or tell you what we talked about...) so the food's all you get!

Hop over to Mimi and Tilly to see some other favourite things!