Hello Dear Friends,
Here’s a little splash of colour to brighten a now dull and cold winters day. Mmmmmm…..mustard. It’s not a colour everyone likes, but, as Sunni wrote in this post, it’s something that I am drawn too (and I loved her mustard skirt!)
The fabric is somekind of quilted jersey/ cloque (from ebay). I have another piece in navy. It is warmer than wearing your average jersey, but handles something like a scuba. It was definitely easier to handle and I would say more hard wearing than my last quilted jersey piece, detailed here.
The pattern is the Saiph Tunic from Papercut Patterns. I first made it here.
In addition to whatever changes I made last time, this time round I did a one inch sway back adjustment, I took a little more off the sides at the waist and I redrafted the neck facings and deepened them by one inch. I also slip stitched the facings to the shoulder and back seam to stop it flipping out.
The hems were overlocked, turned once and stitched. Yes, I change all my overlocker threads everytime to suit each project. 🙂
Hmmm…not much else to say. I told you I wanted a couple of looser fitting tunic styles in my wardrobe for the cold weather and I have them now. Now on to other, more complex projects!
Here’s a shot without the scarf. I do think if I made this again I might raise the neck up slightly.
Until soon….have a great weekend…we are predicted extremely cold weather next week (minus temperatures), so I am off to hibernate 🙂
sewmanju 
I love mustard too, and I really like your dress! It looks warm and cosy and it’s a perfect pop of colour in what is currently a cold landscape.
Thanks Lara.
This color is so perfect. I love the tunic/dress, its looks good you
Thanks Lucy.
Very warm and cosy looking tunic. The mustard looks great on you.
Thanks Jean margaret.
I love the look of that fabric – and your dress looks so cosy, perfect for warming up on a cold day….
Thanks Gabrielle.
Manju, this color is great on you! I may just consider this tunic. It looks like it would be pretty easy to grade up, and I am a gal that loves tunics.
Thanks Alicia.
Its lovely and the colour is just beautiful. It really suits you. 💝
Thanks Amanda.
I like mustard too, although it doesn’t look as good on me as it does on you! I’m really tempted by this pattern having seen your couple of dresses, although I am also tempted to try and do a mash up of my favourite New Look 6000 and the skirt from Vogue 1247, with the slot pockets.
Thanks sam. Yes I am not going to say this pattern is the bees knees…I am sure you could Frankenpattern something similar.
Oh my! I just made a very similar dress in this exact fabric! Love yours!
Thanks Jeanette. Just seen yours: cute!
Love the mustard color on you – especially with that contrasting purple scarf! And I love the quilted jersey, I have a new love of all things quilted and I’m very jealous. Do you have particular vendors you buy from on Ebay? I’ve never purchased anything there and don’t really know where to start.
Thanks carrie. There are certain ebay sellers who I now “know”/ trust…but they are in the UK…not sure if you would want to pay shipping from here. If in doubt I would always say ask for samples. Most professional sellers will send them out – often for free. Just go with sellers with good feedback and communicate with them.
I love your surging work!
Thanks sheseams.
this is an extremely cute look on you – love the colour and the pattern.
i don’t know whether you mentioned why you are considering raising the neckline in future iterations – it looks very good the way you made it!
Thanks Aradhana. I just felt like my neck would be warmer with a higher neckline 🙂
It’s a perfect winter dress – very nice! I also love the scarf – did you make it?
Thanks Roberta, no I didn’t make the scarf. If I had, you would know about it, haha
I love how you styled this. Also what a great fabric!
Thanks Catherine
What a great cold weather dress! It looks wonderful.
Thanks Kirsty
I love how you’ve worked with quilted fabrics and come up uber cool.
Love that fabric and the dress is really cute pockets are awesome! http://www.thatblackchic.com