now I live in the country with no fabric shops nearbye but we do have several thrift shops. I need some lightweight long skirts to wear when i am in the wheelchair. short ones let folk see right up to the knickers if you are not carefull.
today i found a brand new kingsized duvet cover in cornflower blue for all of £3.00 this gives me five yards of 72 inch wide fabric.now from this i have cut out the semi flared skirt that will come to my ankles, a matching t shirt style top and a threequarter length sleeved jacket to pop on if it goes cool.
so here is the problem, I would love to embroider ither a single panel from knee hight to hem or a border around the hem and be able to match a small design on the t shirt and the jacket front.
this is where you come in I am 62 and do not want to look like mutton dressed as lamb so what would you suggest to decorate this assemble was thinking of iether daisies or poppy spray, no animals and nothing geometric. nothing to heavy in embroidery may be red work type. or open work.ok over to you. help me out on this one please.
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Well you have some very good suggestions, it will all come together, good luck and can't wait 2 see your outfit on projects - *4u
132773eggyannie, you have an idea already what you want - you just need to find the design - you have some great suggestion below and I just bet you find just what you want - but following them - I would suggest a border - tht is light and airy - there was a great border used on a pair of jeans posted in the project just yesterday - take a look - maybe something will come to mind. I would use a multicolored thread or a redword design that has more than one color in it, too. *4U
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211079Eggyannie,
There are so many possibilities and it is really a matter of taste. I'm not sure what 'mutton dressed as lamb' means exactly. I think you may mean that you don't want over kill? Anyway, at 61, I have been reading about fashion because I don't want to look like an old lady and I especially do not want to look like an old lady dressing like a teenager! One thing I found interesting to update your look it to not wear the matching suit look. We should mix it up. I was wondering what you would think of using a design that had some other colors in it that you could pull the color of your top from. (You could wear the top you cut out with another skirt or pants.) I picture a pale yellow shirt with your skirt and jacket, but I'm not great with putting colors together. I agree that you do not want a heavy design but maybe something with small filled areas for more color would work for you. Have you tried looking online for ideas? I know Nancy's Notions usually has designs for skirts and jackets pictured in her catalog and online. You should look to see if there are pictures and ideas on some of the embroidery magazine websites like Designs in Machine Embroidery. I know they have some of their issues in digital format and you can read it on line. There is a beautiful border print on Cute that is just leaves and flowers-like 921170 (it is in the 5th row down when you click on borders. I don't see the one I bought. It was green leaves and white flowers and about 3 inches wide. I'm sure you can find something or may already have something. The best way to see if you like it is to print a couple copies of it, cut them out, and lay them on the fabric or skirt. As I mentioned, the possibilities are endless. I hope I have helped. I'd love to see a picture of your finished project.
Kathy
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by eggyannie
24 Jun 2009
have lots of colored tops i can match to, so may be daisies or as you say autumn leaves.
mutton dressed as lamb means an old lady (mutton) dressing up as a teenager (lamb) thanks for the ideas
1142How about some redwork leaves, flowers, etc. I did a blouse like that and it came out FIESTA. HTH ;D *2U
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