it’s not all winter sewing around these parts. in fact several weeks ago i brought home a fabric haul to start my spring sewing. most of it was for my daughter (which i already sewed up and hope to get photographed some day…) but i picked up a couple things for myself. the first of which is this cute floral lawn/voile. it was marked on the roll as liberty of london fabric, however i’m pretty sure it is not. it’s a nice quality fabric, don’t get me wrong, but it doesn’t have that swoon-worthy feel i would have expected from liberty. not that i would know, since i’ve never felt any before. soon though, soon… yesterday i splurged and ordered some of the real deal. ya know, for research. and hopefully a cute spring/easter dress.
this fabric was $13/yd, so even though it’s on the higher end of my price-per-yard comfort zone, i only needed a small amount to make a scout tee. i’ve searched high and low for this print online, but alas i’ve come up blank. but, liberty or not (probably not), i love the print!
i’ve already made the scout tee a couple times (as most likely you have also), and it’s such a fast and easy pattern. seriously. i heart it so much. i previously altered the fit with a SBA, widened the hip, and dropped the back hemline. i think i still need to make a couple adjustments though. the back pulls slightly and the front gapes a little. i didn’t notice it so much on my silk scout, but when i throw a cardigan over this one, the fit issue becomes more obvious. i think next time i’m going to add width to CB, and remove the same amount from CF, then re-draw the neckline as necessary. there may be a better way of handling this, but whatever. i still love this tee!
—lisa g.
notes from a mad housewife 
Such a great springy print — who cares if it’s actually Liberty? I really need to bite the bullet and piece together my Scout Tee pattern (one of my biggest obstacles to using PDF patterns). I have added some lovely, drapey rayon to my stash that would make lovely Scout Tees!
this is an easy pattern to cut and tape together, and well worth the time! i want to make some in rayon also, and it’s perfect for small cuts of silk. such a great pattern, hope you get to it soon!
Very cute! In my view, Liberty-like floral prints like this one are as good as the real thing 🙂 I’m getting ready to buy this pattern (finally) and might splurge and buy some Liberty to make one when I go to Toronto in a couple weeks. How much do you use for this top?
i completely agree! i love patterns like this for expensive fabrics since it requires so little. i know i bought 1.5 yds, and i think i have an entire half yard leftover. my fabric was 52/54″ wide, so as long as you don’t have to match prints too much, you can easily bust this out of 1 to 1.25 yd. the pattern does come with a pattern piece for the bias facing, but i always piece mine to save on yardage. once you get the fit right, i’m sure you’d love this one!
I’ll be curious to hear how your certified Liberty stacks up to this fabric! I think I’ve improved at rejecting an all-out bad fabric, but I’m not very knowledgeable on what makes a fabric better-quality than another. Either way, this fabric made a very cute Scout!
i have high hopes for my real deal liberty, so hopefully it will meet my expectations! i almost never buy fabrics online anymore, just because i can’t tell from a picture what the quality really is. i’m generally not a brand-conscious person, but sometimes that’s the only way to know what you’re getting without feeling it first. live and learn!
Lovely, it suits you. You look impossibly young in this pic. I did a double take when I first looked. How can you tell a Liberty print from an imposter?
well thank you! and i really don’t know how to tell the difference, other than being able to identify the specific print.
I love the Scout Tee (I’ve made a knit and a woven so far) and I love florals so I think this top is just perfect! I’m not in the spring spirit yet, but this reminds me that I do need some more of these! I’m interested to see how this fabric is in comparison to the Liberty you just bought.
yeah i’m still wanting the cozy sweatshirts and long sleeve tops… warm weather months are short around these parts!
I don’t care if it’s a Liberty of whatever, I like it…it looks great!
thanks!
That is so pretty! and the colours look really lovely on you. $13/m would be an absolute bargain for Liberty!!
thanks! liberty or not, i couldn’t pass up this print!
Looks great! You can’t go wrong with a Scout in a pretty floral! Now you just need the right weather…
Hi, I discovered your blog just now (via sew wrong), and I’m impressed by your work! I’m adding your blog to my reading list 🙂 Apparantly we live in the same area too
thanks! how great that you live in the area!