Fall Designing

It's late July and I'm busy designing new sweatshirts, denim shirts and jackets for the Fall line. Sunflowers and crows and still popular. I see a lot of witch's hats and primitive pumpkins. So many ideas sometimes it's hard to get the look I want. Watch for what's new for this fall. I'm having a sale at Farmer's Country Store. There are summer denim shirts with partriotic flip-flops half price. E-mail me if you aren't local for pictures and sale pricing.

English Cottage Postcard Jacket

It's interesting where we receive our inspirations to create. I've been seeing the T-shirts in the ladies' department that are tye-dyed with the city or country scenes. I work part-time in a quilt shop and I had bought a panel of an English Cottage. It had been in my stash of fabric waiting for me to create a quilt. After seeing these T-shirts and owning several for myself, I was inspired to take my panel back to the shop and start laying it on some beautiful batiks. I just finished the jacket and am well pleased. I'll be posting the pattern and jacket for sale on my web page, http://www.handmadebymargo.com/ . I will now be on the lookout for other fabric panels I can use. This is the back of the jacket. It might have looked great on a bright pink but I was more cautious in my color selection and went with the green and tan.