GBSB Ep6 Inspiration: Fabrics for Little Makes
Tutus, cuddly creatures and superheroes inspired our favourite fabrics and sewing ideas from Kids Week on The Great British Sewing Bee.
This is a particularly lovely Italian ex-designer cotton shirting, covered in a tiny, densely scattered floral that gives you plenty of detail without feeling overly fussy. The crisp white ground is scattered with miniature black flowers and leaves, softened with little touches of violet purple and warm rust through the print. At approximately 110gsm, it’s a fine, lightweight woven cotton with a smooth handle, a neat finish and just enough body to make it very pleasant to sew.
There’s something quite timeless about a small floral like this, and the quality of the cloth makes it feel much more refined than your average ditsy print. It would make a beautiful shirt or blouse, but we can also see it working brilliantly for shirt dresses, gathered dresses, summer pyjamas and lightweight skirts. The 149cm width is generous too, and because the design is so small you don’t have the headache of trying to pattern match a whopping great flower down the front of your shirt.
| Approx width: | 149cm | 58" | |
| Composition: | 100% Cotton | |
| Construction: | Woven | |
| Washing instructions: | 30°C Wash | |
| What can I make with this: | Men's Shirts, Blouses, Shirt Dresses, Skirts, Pyjamas | |
| Approx. Weight: | 110gsm | |
| Weft Stretch (Horizontal): | 0% | |
| Warp Stretch (Vertical): | 0% |
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