10 yards of undyed cheesecloth is waiting to be turned into summer garments. Hopefully some clever dyeing of this fabric, will transform the projects.
Last year, I bought 10 yards of cheesecloth, not sure really what I had in mind, but I thought that it would be a good idea at the time. Needless to say, before I got around to doing anything with this, the evenings started drawing in and the weather cooled. It was soon getting too cool to think about floaty light weight summer garments.
So, now the weather is hot and the temperatures are forecast to rise further, I started planning a summer wardrobe from this material. The cheesecloth will lend itself to lovely loose fit trousers, which are not only practical for the heat - but also hide a multiple of bumps and lumps. These will be teamed with some light weight tops. I quite fancy a couple of loose smock tops so I've been trawling through magazines looking for inspiration.
I had originally planned to keep the fabric white - which is great for summer. Unless of course, you have a propensity like me, to get grubby even when doing very little. I also noticed that the cheesecloth was a little more light weight than I had anticipated, meaning that white was a little see through.
So, inspired by the article that I was researching about dyeing fabrics, I decided to dye the finished garments and inject a spark of color into my wardrobe. This has been great fun, and certainly approaching the projects in this manner has worked out to be extremely economical. I have been able to get more pieces from a single length of fabric than I would have done if I was working from several lengths of different colors – and I’ve had fun doing it!
