Last Autumn, I got a swatch of this lovely Atelier Brunette Viscose Crepe . At the time I was looking for a lining to a jacket (that I’m still working on) but it didn’t quite fit the bill. I absolutely loved the fabric though, so I kept the swatch. I had put off getting more to make a full garment because I didn’t trust myself to make something nice enough from it. At the time, I probably only sewed once a week for about 3 hours and the things I made were full of mistakes and dumb fabric choices. I’m going to stick some of these up on my blog at some point but even though I was proud of the fact I could make then, I didn’t really enjoy wearing the clothes enough to justify investing in nice fabric. Another issue was that I couldn’t decide on what to make from the fabric. I was jumping between a blouse or a wrap dress but none of my ideas felt perfect. I really liked the M7974 but I had it in my head that I only wanted to make view C in a light weight linen like fabric and
Hi everyone, welcome to Cheap-Skate Fashion! I created this blog years ago when I first got into fashion and was very into fast fashion. That's really not my thing anymore and this blog has been dormant for years. In the last year I got really into sewing and during lockdown I have started reading lots of different sewing blogs. It made me remember how much I enjoyed blogging and I wanted a platform to keep pictures and records of my makes. So I am commandeering this blog as I am too lazy to make a new one. I'm mostly going to be blogging about me makes and thrifted items. I am making a conscious effort to not participate in fast fashion and try and not by new ready to wear when I can. I am still very much a newbie sewist so I'm hoping to track my journey and keep myself accountable by blogging it. hopefully this is something that others will find interesting too! <a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blog/13023097/?claim=v8cnuvmz36j">Follow my blog