I have another beautiful Chalk & Notch pattern to share with you today! The Waterfall Raglan is now available for purchase through the Upcraft Club and the Chalk & Notch Webstore! Make sure you stick around as there is a great prize giveaway in the rafflecopter link at the end!
I have a serious love of raglans! I have made so many in the past few weeks. They come together so fast and easily and they look so cool! I especially love contrasting sleeves and bands, they give the look a little more edge, which really suits my grown up girl’s style!
I chose to make a dress for my tester version as I wanted a complete outfit from this funky fabric. There are 3 sleeve lengths and I chose to make it short sleeved for our current spring weather! I don’t have as much time for sewing these days now that I am back studying at Uni, but I couldn’t say no to another Chalk & Notch pattern! You might remember my recent post for their last release – The Cascade Maxi.
Chalk & Notch are actually today celebrating the 1 year anniversary of their first pattern release – The Fishtail Kimono. What a cool way to celebrate with another release and an awesome prize pack! I am yet to make a Fishtail for my girls but I have recently downloaded it ready to go! It is perfect for Spring and Autumn weather and is super cute.
I made this dress for Miss 8 who is not a pink kind of girl. So I used this awesome green print fabric I got as a ladies maxi dress from an op shop (thrift store). It probably cost me $3 and I used some plain black cotton lycra as the sleeves, neckband, pocket and hem ruffle. I love that hem ruffle! It looks amazing on the top version too, I will definitely be making some of them.
She loved it, but in the end I gave up trying to coordinate her busy school and dance schedule with the poor weather we had that week! So Miss 8 was dumped and Miss 5 stepped in to model instead! Miss 8 certainly doesn’t think it’s so great, but it’s lucky for me they are the same size!
This little ratbag is off to big school next year! Soon we won’t be able to drop the big kids off, go to the park for some photos and then head to a cafe for morning tea! This kid is obsessed with caramel tarts, so that will be pretty disappointing!
Miss 5 is also definitely not a pink kind of girl. She is a rough and tumble, wild and crazy kid, with a devilish laugh!
I can’t say anything about their lack of ‘girly-ness’ though… You wouldn’t have caught me dead in pink at their age either lol! I was an outside kid, always on my bike and rollerskates, on the trampoline, riding a horse or climbing a tree. I hated dolls and dresses and my bedroom was blue. Most things were blue – just anything except pink please!
I love recycling clothes as fabric! Knit fabric is pretty expensive in Australia and hard to source the kinds of prints we like, so I love picking up clothes on sales racks and in op shops. I just check the fabric for quality and condition and check how many seams are in it to see if I will be able to get enough usable fabric. I also don’t throw out clothes of my own that can be used for fabric. It’s a really inexpensive way to sew and it makes me feel better knowing that so many clothes I have repurposed could just have easily ended up as landfill!
You will love all the versions the other testers have made, so check out the tester round up post at Chalk and Notch here and see all the testers blog links below!
Emi – Just Add Fabric | Melissa – Rebel & Malice | Brooke – Idle Sunshine | Nicky – Mix it Make it | Nelleke – gaafmachine | Sylvia – Lily & Woody | Sophie – Moineau & Petit Pois | Monica – Ma, me, mi… mo | Cassy – Pear Berry Lane | Thao – Little Cumquat | Toya – Made by Toya | Tami – Sew Sophie Lynn | Maria – Fairies, Bubbles & Co. | Indu – Kaleidothought | Julia – trendedero | Eveline – frölein till | Catherine – Mespetitstissus
Now for the fun part – Competition time!
Would you like to win:
A copy of all 4 Chalk and Notch Patterns
+ a $50 voucher to Raspberry Creek Fabrics
+ a $25 voucher to UpCraft Club?
Leave me a comment on this post and enter via the Rafflecopter link below!
November 9, 2016 at 7:21 pm
What an awesome print! And I support you wholeheartedly in your upcycling of clothes!
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November 9, 2016 at 9:00 pm
Thank you Alison! That’s so awesome to hear 🙂
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November 10, 2016 at 4:13 am
I love the fabric you picked and even more awesome that you have upcycled it. Your rough and tumble child is an angel in every one of the pics, love them!
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November 10, 2016 at 10:49 am
Haha Indu, pictures never do this little personality justice lol! She always looks sooo sweet 😉 Thank you xxx
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November 10, 2016 at 5:29 am
I love seeing your take on patterns. this one is no exception 😍😍
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November 10, 2016 at 7:27 am
Thank you so much Katy! 😊
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November 10, 2016 at 8:51 am
Beautiful patterns and fabrics!
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November 10, 2016 at 10:47 am
Thanks RedReads! 🙂
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November 10, 2016 at 1:16 pm
I think this is my favorite Waterfall Raglan yet! It’s definitely something my little tomboy would wear!
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November 11, 2016 at 10:13 am
Oh thanks Aileen, that’s so nice! You’ve gotta keep the little customers happy don’t you! 😉
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November 10, 2016 at 1:25 pm
This is my favorite Waterfall Raglan yet! My tomboy would definitely wear this!
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November 15, 2016 at 12:30 am
Thanks so much Aileen, that’s so cool to hear 😊🌻
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November 10, 2016 at 2:50 pm
I always love what you create. You use the best fabrics and it’s so cool to know this one was an upcycle. You have been such a huge supporter and I can’t thank you enough! XO
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November 11, 2016 at 10:14 am
Thanks so much Gabriela! I love the PDF community and have gained so many friendships. It is my absolute pleasure xxx
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November 10, 2016 at 5:00 pm
Love this pattern! I can’t wait to try it.
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November 11, 2016 at 10:15 am
Thanks Emily! Make sure you share it with us when you do! x
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November 10, 2016 at 6:41 pm
I didn’t know you upcycled the fabric. This is beautiful! And I love how you colorblocked with navy fabric. It accentuate your daughter’s beautiful eyes.
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November 11, 2016 at 10:19 am
Thank you so much Koko Kana! I love upcycling, you can find the coolest prints 🙂
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November 10, 2016 at 7:15 pm
I love your dress so much — especially now I know that you upcycled it! The color-blocking is genius. I need to try that next time! You always come up with something amazing.
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November 11, 2016 at 10:21 am
Oh thanks so much Emi! I am trying hard to make things I know my girls will love and wear instead of what I would like them to wear haha! 😉
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November 10, 2016 at 9:02 pm
love your fabric choice!
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November 11, 2016 at 10:21 am
Thank you Flavia 🙂
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November 13, 2016 at 12:09 am
Love it- especially recycling!
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November 14, 2016 at 11:12 pm
Thanks so much Joyce! 🙂
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