Back in January I went shopping to Ditto Fabrics for the first time and bought four fabrics for my stash (who am I kidding – I didn’t really have a stash and I wanted one) which I write about here. About one of the fabrics I wrote “as for the bird fabric – who knows? It just looked so sweet I couldn’t resist it. Any suggestions for one metre?” Well, there were no suggestions at all until April’s challenge was announced for the Monthly Stitch Collective and I knew my inspiration had come to use my rather lovely watercolour garden birds.
As I only had one metre I went for my old faithful the Sorbetto but having had a look at some other Sorbettos on Pinterest I decided to follow others and do a variation. I am not sure I would go so far as to say I braved “a hack”; I merely inverted the pleat. Some stitchers had let the pleat flow directly from the neckline whereas others had sewn down a little way – I went for the second option.
It’s super sweet. It’s funny but I hadn’t really thought of the Sorbetto as being structured but it is rather stiff/formal when you compare it to the inverted pleat version which falls in a very feminine way. I really like it! Surely Collette’s Sorbetto must be the most frequently downloaded free pattern?
There’s not much more to report. I generally add three inches to the bottom of a Sorbetto but I didn’t have enough fabric available. I’ve now used up three of the four fabrics I bought on that shopping day. The one remaining is the doggie pattern. I had ear-marked that for a shirt but over Easter we had a little family sewing day and I “supervised” the cutting out of a cute summer dress – which was immediately abandoned as interest was lost (not by me!). So it’s good to see that the next challenge for the collective is some children’s sewing so I will resurrect it at some point during May – probably the half term week.
Hope you are all having a good weekend,
Toodle pip,
Clarinda x
I think this is my favourite of the Put a Bird On It garments – the fabric is so cheery and I love the design!
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oh this is lovely! Very cute fabric and very spring like!
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Your Sorbetto looks lovely. I too eyed up this fabric in Ditto but wasn’t sure what to make with it. I wish I’d bought some now! I prefer the way you have sewn the pleat too, very nice!
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Gorgeous fabric!
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Looks great! I love ditto fabric!
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What a pretty make, the inverted pleat looks great on this. Great job!
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Totally love this fabric!
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That’s really sweet. The fabric is fantastic, and I think I prefer the inverted pleat. The Sorbetto was my first sewn pattern when I returned to sewing a couple of years ago. I’d since forgotten about it, but it would be a good wardobe staple.
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Very nice! I have the same pattern, I just haven’t used it yet. I have seen so many lovely versions though, I should!
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Ooh this is a cute version. I like how you sewed down a few inches before the pleat falls. And the fabric is so fun!
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