21 March 2014

Coco Party Time!


PARTY TIME!!! You guys, I'm so excited to see y'all at the internet #SewingCoco party! 

I'm wearing my latest Coco top, whipped up last night using some leftover striped fabric from one of the pattern sample tops, topped off with a lovely hot pink textured fabric for the yoke and sleeves (both from Simply Fabrics in Brixton). Looking at the photos, I'm not 100% happy with the shape of the armhole in these photos - I stitched it a little tight at the bottom on this one, making the top scrunch up a little bit (NEVER drink wine before sewing!). Howevs, it's such a minor thing and doesn't really bother me - overall, it's love! Back to the party...

Loads of guests are at the party already, including Renee, Winnie, Camille, Diane, Nikki, Ornella, Janet... and more! We're having a great time, bopping along to this gem submitted to the party playlist by DJ Découd-vite...



Come join us! Post a photo (or lots of photos!) of yourself wearing your Coco top or dress on your blog / Twitter / Instagram / Pinterest anytime today. Use the hashtag #SewingCoco so we can all find each other and tweet me or leave a link in the comments on this post so I can see and help share some photos! I'll do a round up post next week, and I'll send a signed copy of my book as soon as it's released to the party guest who makes me shriek the loudest with glee (whether it's for the design of their Coco, jaw-dropping sartorial wisdom, photography skills or whatever).

We've really gotta bump Camille off the decks. What do you want to add to the playlist? My own party song suggestion is 'I Wish' by Skee-Lo - tunage!

In other news, I've revamped the Coco sewalong page with pretty pictures - check it out! Loads of posts to help you make Coco, and more to come...


Party!