Scrap Happy

This Wild West inspired two-piece (below) sewn with Liz's assistance is probably my favourite me-made outfit to date. I still need to make the waistcoat but I'm holding out for the perfect vintage fabric!

Keen to wear the skirt but wanting a top more suited to the unseasonably warm weather that the UK is currently enjoying, I retrieved the fabric scraps left over from making the blouse, had a rummage through my stash and found this vintage 1970s Butterick pattern. I'd only got a bit of fabric and the tiny top was just the right size.

 A couple of hours later and ta-da..! A block printed cotton halterneck crop-top adorned with peacocks!

 I was going to take the lazy approach and use press studs as fasteners but I got my big girl pants on, cast my mind back to what Liz had taught me and made buttonholes instead. I can wear it for Glastonbury without worrying that it'll ping off! 

 

Here's what I bought from Le Shop, the gorgeous Arts and Crafts emporium we discovered in Marmaris' Grand Bazaar, three Ottoman rings! My friend Betty was quite right, I did buy jewellery with blue stones, turquoise is my birthstone which is always a good excuse to buy it!

Friday was manicure day and I used my rings as inspiration, playing up the butter quartz stones with this eye-popping shade of egg yolk yellow gel. A radical change from my trademark blues and greens and I absolutely love it! The copal (made from tree resin) beads were a lucky 50p find in the clearance charity shop shortly soon after it reopened after lockdown, if you know your tribal jewellery you'll know that these beauties usually sell for £££s.

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