A few weeks ago Girl Charlee Fabrics UK & Europe sent me an email offering me some fabric to try from their recently launched store. I chose a Azure/cream stripe with half a mind on an Agnes Top - I must have been swayed by the pattern cover picture! The fabric is a good quality lightweight cotton/rayon blend so very drapey and more suited to a looser style so I revisited "She Wears the Pants' and made another version of the cover picture top.
The fabric is a little tricky to handle because of the rayon and stripe matching but ballpoint pins are perfect on fabrics like this. I needed to be very careful not to stretch it out of shape and even then, the cuffs especially looked a little wavy. Washing and pressing seemed to even this out and the resulting top has a fluid feel and is an easy wear on these inbeween grey days that we get so many of in the UK. These are iPhone pics during a family walk on a breezy day so you get the feel of the fabric movement.
Like their USA counterpart, Girl Charlee have a huge number of knit fabrics to choose from and its a family run business with the emphasis on choice and customer service including a rewards scheme. Go take a browse at what they offer!
It looks gorgeous! Fabulous coloured stripe!
ReplyDeleteLovely top, I love the colour and it looks super comfy! x
ReplyDeleteHi Kerry, thanks for the review, the top looks beautiful! So nice to see our fabric being worn rather than how we normally see it on rolls or bolts!
ReplyDeleteOh great! I've seen girl charlee fabrics mentioned by US bloggers but never knew they had a UK/EU site. This could be expensive lol!
ReplyDeleteAnother great top!
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