WIKSTEN TOVA : PLAID COTTON SHIRTING
Wiksten Tova Dress by Jenny Gordy
Red/Blue Plaid Cotton Shirting from Sultan’s Fine Fabrics
Photographed in the town of Morro D’Orro, Italy
Continuing on with posting some Italy photos! I really just LOVE this dress to pieces. Everything about it. This is my first Wiksten Tova as a dress and it was a wonderful piece to travel with. Super comfortable, but also very pretty.
This fabric is a dream. I bought it last year at Sultan’s Fine Fabrics. I adore this plaid colour combo, but the fabric itself is the most beautiful, thin, cotton shirting. I will have to go back and see if there’s anything similar. I could wear this kind of fabric all the time.
One lesson that I learned while making this dress was that if you are carrying your fabric pieces around and you go grocery shopping, it’s not a good idea to put a carton of blueberries in with your fabric. Oh yes, I got smushed blueberry stains on the back piece of the dress. Total disaster. Luckily, my lovely pal, Jacqueline of Soak Wash, took charge of the situation and had me Soak the fabric over night while she checked on it every few hours, giving it a light rub here and there. Miraculously, (or not, since Soak is amazing!) the stains were gone in the morning. Phew. Crisis averted & lesson learned!
These photos were taking in the little town of Morro D’Orro close to where we attended Squam Italia. We wandered the winding streets one afternoon with our tour guide telling us stories of how the town had been bombed during WWII and I snuck into an abandoned building to take these shots.
I have it from a good source that we’ll be seeing some new Wiksten patterns soon. I can’t wait to see & sew Jenny’s new designs!
You can find the Wiksten Tova pattern here!
18 comments
Super cute with this fabric!
So pretty! Good job 🙂
Love the pieces cut on the bias, such a nice visual detail !
Love! I don’t know how you managed to choose at Sultan’s! I get stuck there forever trying to decide on shirting… especially with all of his plaids!
Lovely!
Looks like it would be the perfect travel dress.
Oh my, new Wiksten patterns…something to look forward to….
Wow, I really love this! I have not been crazy about this pattern but this dress may change my mind!
This turned out very nicely. A cute but casual look you could wear often.
Thank you so much for sharing your projects, I am super inspired by all your skirts and tops. However, I find myself wishing for a full body (or at least neck to toe) picture of you wearing these awesome garments so i can take in all the fabulous details. Just sayin’ 🙂
How sweet!
It’s the perfect travel dress.
Love the Txova pattern , have made 2 shirts and planning to make a dress soon . Really like the plaid.
Gah! I love this so much!
Love love this dress and your choice of fabric xx