Tabard

I'm itching to sew something.

I've been sewing projects for other people recently and I want to sew for me now.

I've had an idea for a tabard for some time, since October I think.

A simple shirt-weight denim tabard embellished with vintage lace and large pockets across the front.

A modern day version of the artist's smock.

Roomy pockets for pens, scissors, hair-bands and handkerchiefs.

Something to slip on over whatever I'm wearing to become my minds eye artist.

i-365 inspiration on Pinterest

Buttons

 Today's inspiration is Buttons.

I love buttons, I hoard them, I cut them off old clothes and save them, I buy up boxes and bags of them at car boot sales and second hand shops.  

The right buttons can add a touch of elegance or a wink of quirk into an outfit.  I particularly like buttons used as embellishment; bags and broaches heavy with buttons used as if precious stones.