Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Summer Peasant Blouse


As everyone in the northern hemisphere is waving goodbye to the warm days of summer, here in the south we are just beginning to welcome it back. We have been having some unseasonably warm weather for early spring so it was about time to break out the short sleeves! This summer peasants blouse was refashioned from a men's shirt by following this tutorial from 'My Mama Made it!' When I saw this refashion I knew I had to make it straight away - so far I've made two! I forgot to take a 'before' picture but it was just your average short sleeve men's shirt. I followed the tutorial exactly and left the sleeves as they were. Depending how this shirt goes I may change the sleeves into gathered cap sleeves - but I'm not sure yet. The only problem with my shirt is that the underarm area is a bit tight but it's not uncomfortable. It was a really easy re-fashion and only took about 30 minutes. It will be such a great blouse to wear on hot days and as a coverall. Thanks Alexis from 'My Mama Made it' for such a great tutorial - I love these shirts. Oh, and thank you to Grace for her beautiful photography, it's a million times better than mine!
~ Sarah xx

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Hey everyone!

This is the very first post of 'always graceful sarah' and we're so excited to be joining the creative blogging community! We'll keep this intro short and sweet - We're two sisters, Sarah and Grace who love to be creative and make things. We try to craft as much as we can, particularly sewing and we love to browse other people's blogs for inspiration. At the moment we're participating in Wardrobe Refashion and it's a lot of fun trying to work out what we can make for odd pieces of clothing and other things! Join us as we record our creative adventures and have a great time making, creating and sharing our love of craft!

Love,

Always Graceful Sarah xx