Liberty shirt

I probably have a poor man's mentality.
At meal time, I save my favorite dish aside until the last and when I buy something, I hesitate to use it immediately.

This fabric is Liberty I bought years ago.
I planned to make my cloth, but it's so beautiful that I couldn't bring myself to put scissors to this fabric. I don't know if it was because I was afraid that I might have destroyed it, or I wasn't sure the best way to use this fabric. Anyway, that's who I am.

However, I also understand that leaving this beautiful fabric on the shelf is a total waste, so I finally decided to make a shirt for myself.
The patters is from Japanese sewing magazine "Style Book."

The design is too flashy...?
Well, I'll wear a jacket on it so it should be fine.

Many of colorful cotton fabrics at fabric stores are not suitable for garment construction unless otherwise it is meant to be for cloth making.
Those fabrics are usually too stiff and don't create nice line as a garment.
I didn't know this when I started sewing and I learned costly lesson after a pile of failure.

Unlike them, Liberty has variety of designs and their soft textile makes beautiful cloth.
It is indeed expensive but in my opinion, it pays off.




Liberty is so beautiful that even the leftover can't be thrown away.

I made pocket chiefs with it.