My favorite style of Americana fabric collections is one that includes some nontypical colors like aqua or pink. This newly released collection by Poppie Cotton ticks all those boxes, but has a great red, white, and blue selection too if you prefer just the traditional colors. I've been looking forward to sewing with it, and today is my turn to show you what I made!

 

I doubled up on my projects this year, since I was planning to make a blouse for me out of this lovely sky blue and pink rose fabric. I got it done in time to wear for Easter!

 

I still don't fit into most of my clothes, so I was debating if I should sew anything for me, or just wait until I have lost some baby weight. I ended up deciding to try a more adjustable version, so this was a fun experimental trial for me.

 

I used a post-war 1940s blouse pattern, but instead of making it fitted with tucks in the back, I left the back plain and instead inserted a tie belt in each side seam. Hopefully this will make it more adaptable to wear with different body sizes.

 

The fabric is so lovely! I outlined the yoke with rickrack points, and was intending to wear it with a vintage collar from my collection, but ended up leaving the neck plain for this outfit. However I could totally wear a collar with it next time and change the look up a bit!

 

 

I also made the skirt, but I'm saving that for a future blog post, so no details today!

 

I like how the flip up cuffs add just a little classic detail to the sleeves.

I needed a low-key practical Easter outfit this year, since we had a super busy day ahead at church, egg hunt, and then hosting a celebration at our house with the family. I do love going all-out for Easter, but this year, this simpler outfit was a much better choice.

 

There are so many pretty prints, however, that I also wanted to make something quilty so I could play with more than one. I had seen a photo of a simple 9 patch quilt online, so this is my own version. 

 

It's a baby or wall size, and I think I'll put it up in July this year as a sort of shabby chic patriotic decoration. 

 

It was a good opportunity to practice my custom free motion quilting skills. I still have a long way to go, but I also can see a big improvement from my first quilts, which is encouraging.

 

It was super easy and quick to make – a real palette cleanser from more complicated piecing or larger projects. I bound it with scrappy navy blues cut from the FQ bundle, because I have another plan for my leftover yardage – didn't get to it in time for this blog feature, but hopefully this summer! (Follow me on Instagram @verityvintagestudio if you want to see all my many juggled projects which don't make it to the blog.)

 

If you're on the lookout for a sweet floral summer fabric collection to sew with, I hope you will check this one out!