Lyra for the Last of the September Sun

 I’ve broken with my blog tradition of many year doing a ‘Last of the Summer Sewing’ post. This will have to do instead - to be fair no one is really DONE with summer in September are they it’s still so nice outside sometimes. 

One last ‘summery’ make for me has been another Tilly Buttons Lyra Dress. It’s one of those patterns I never warmed to at the start but absolutely love now. A great shirt dress pattern that can be used to show off an amazing print.

I made a few changes to the pattern now so I can have a better fit. Step one was to completely remove the darts and move the waist up a tad. I brought the shoulders in a fraction so they sit better and that was it really. Tiny tweaks that made a big difference to how comfortable I feel wearing it.

Although I’ve blogged about the Lyra dress before this needed a place on here for this EPIC PRINT.

It is a John Louden digital print viscose that seems to have taken off in popularity in recent weeks. I’d picked mine up from Stitch & Stash a little while ago but Instagram went a bit wild for it. It was seen in Boyes (a shop in North UK) and with Roy’s Material World in Leicester but seems to be rather elusive now!  I was informed not much of it was made however I managed to pick up a piece for a lady in the US who wanted it shipped out as she loved it so much! (Crafty Clyde’s Concierge Service seems a good idea now…)

To me it looks like a lovely holiday scene, some Mediterranean cafe or something however the text is in English (it says ‘coffee and hairdressers’ which amused me). Regardless, it’s a beautiful print and really great quality fabric to sew with.

I went for all the tiers on this one making it extra swooshy.

I have managed to wear this one before the weather changed, however it will make a great dress for next year ☀️ 

Short and sweet little post today 

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