Tag: Flying Fox Fabrics

Flying Fox Fabrics at Oaks Day

by two.sewing.sisters, posted in Events, Sewing Project

Last year we took part in Sew Gorgeous which is a special collaboration between Songlines Art, Flying Fox Fabrics & Papulankutja Artists.  You can see our make for this project here.  We loved the beautiful fabric designs from Songlines Art so selected a piece to create something for ourselves. 

Patterns: Know Me 2016, McCalls 8161 and Simplicity 8669

This was an absolute mash-up of patterns that started with the bodice of Know Me 2016 with a lengthen waist, the sleeves of McCalls 8161 and then the skirt of Simplicity 8669.

Fabric: Flyer Fox Fabrics

The cotton we selected from Flying Fox Fabrics was a beautiful blue and orange print by artist Jennifer Ngunyaka Mitchell called Kapi Tjukula meaning water and holes in rock.

The placement of this print was important, we only had limited fabric but wanted to ensure that there was a strong visual line down the center front of the dress. 

Finished Dress of Flying Fox Fabric

Photo Credits

Photographer: James Christie Media
Pattern: Bodice of Know Me 2016, sleeves of McCalls 8161 and skirt of Simplicity 8669
Fabric:  Kapi Tjukula Jennifer Ngunyaka Mitchell from Flying Fox Fabrics
Black Pillbox: Lauren J Ritchie Millinery

Sew Gorgeous 2023 – Songlines Art

by two.sewing.sisters, posted in Events

We had the honour of taking part in Sew Gorgeous which is a special collaboration between Songlines Art, Flying Fox Fabrics & Papulankutja Artists.  This is the second year we have worked alongside a great team of makers in this project led by Songlines Art. 

Fabric

We chose to work with the Seven Sisters print by Anwari Mitchell of Papulankutja Artists.

It is a digitally organic cotton fabric printed by Next State Print in Melbourne. The classic cotton is made from organic yarn and woven in a satin finish at 140cm wide.

The artwork by Anwari explains the creation of two constellations: the Pleiades and Orion. Find out more about Anwari’s work and the story behind the design on the Songlines Art website.

For the pattern, we looked through our pattern collection for a design that had a bodice that would showcase the fabric. The trick to this was that it doesn’t have too many design lines. We found Vogue 9343 and adapted the skirt to be A-line to better show off the material.

Construction

Cutting this fabric it was really important that we considered the pattern placement in this beautiful work by artist Anwari Mitchell. Enjoy watching us debating the print placement in the video and then see the pattern placement in the skirt captured in the photos below.

Finished dress

Sew Gorgeous Photos

Seven Sisters print by Anwari Mitchell of Papulankutja Artists
Model: Jadene Croft
Photographer: Nicholas Gouldhurst

Sew Gorgeous Project Credits

Photographer for Two Sewing Sisters Photos: James Christie Media
Dress Fabric: Seven Sisters print by Anwari Mitchell of Papulankutja Artists Flying Fox Fabrics website
Patterns: Vogue 9343

Check out our project for last year’s Frock On project here.