A Silver Lining

Shirt by Tracey

Pattern, drafted by Tracey and Lindsey Knott

Fabric, Liberty Lawn Paisley Print, B&J Fabric

Photography by Santiago Vanegas

Did I fool you with the title?  Since it’s a sewing blog, you may have thought that I meant a silver lining literally.  Like a lining on a garment.  In this case I meant a silver lining as in what a dark cloud always has.  My grand plan for this week was to post pictures of a dress that I’ve been working on for awhile.  But like many grand plans, it just didn’t work out.  I had a choice point a few days ago that I could rush through to get it done or I could take a little more time and get it right.  I opted for the latter.  So, as of Thursday, I had nothing to post.  Santiago and I talked through our ideas and discussed skipping a week, but neither of us wanted to do that.  Then I thought of this shirt.  I really hadn’t planned on putting it up on our blog.  Not that I don’t like it.  I actually love this shirt.  It’s one of the first patterns that I designed and drafted and therefore it’s intentionally simple.  Because it’s more of an everyday shirt, it wasn’t an obvious choice to post.

Santiago and I looked it over and well…I can’t say that we were overwhelmed with ideas about how to photograph it.  But you know, sometimes having limits can really be a blessing.  What we had–a basic shirt, a small amount of time, our own home as a location, and my bad mood, forced us to get creative.  Not only do I like how the images turned out, but I love it that this humble little shirt is getting its moment in the spotlight (literally!).

As I said earlier, this is one of the patterns that I designed myself and then drafted with my instructor Lindsey (read more about her here).  It’s made from a really nice Liberty paisley print and it turned out to be a great project to further my pattern making skills.

Next week we are going to show you something fun.  And if all goes according to plan (haha!!), you will see a dress in two weeks.  If you don’t, then you’ll know I’ve gone further down the rabbit hole with this thing.

See you soon.