DIY: Toile de Jouy midi full skirt
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Toile de Jouy. You might have seen me already wearing it on this post or here, because it's a pattern I truly love. I don't know, it has those tiny motifs and scenes with fruits, child and flowers which make it really cute. And it reminds me so much of England and France!
Doing some research around, I found a little history about the fabric. Do you know that Toile de Jouy is mostly used on interior design, for decoration and tapestry? And that it receives its name from the town where it was created, Jouy (France) around 1760? Now it's made on a wide variety of monochromes but, when it was created the only colors available for this fabric were blue and red.
We found some yards of the fabric on a DIY shopping centre, and immediately thought about making an statement skirt to take advantage of the drawings on it. Actually, mum sewed it, I just helped with pins and some measurements. It took about two days of sewing, but it wasn't really difficult at all. No patterns or lot of sewing skills to sew it!
Then we found this picture of Dita Von Teese, who always masters this kind of vintage pieces, and we realized she was wearing a really similar Toile de Jouy dress in blue. Such an inspiration!
We found some yards of the fabric on a DIY shopping centre, and immediately thought about making an statement skirt to take advantage of the drawings on it. Actually, mum sewed it, I just helped with pins and some measurements. It took about two days of sewing, but it wasn't really difficult at all. No patterns or lot of sewing skills to sew it!
Then we found this picture of Dita Von Teese, who always masters this kind of vintage pieces, and we realized she was wearing a really similar Toile de Jouy dress in blue. Such an inspiration!
Did you know about this pattern? Do you design or sew your own clothing pieces? Would you like to see a DIY tutorial on how to make this midi skirt?
I was wearing:
DIY "Toile de Jouy" skirt
Zara top and shoes
Vintage jewelry
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14 comentarios
Amanda:
ReplyDeleteI so enjoyed this post. It was very educational. I am glad to have learned more about the fabric. You look lovely in this outfit. The blue really looks terrific. I just love Dita Von Teese style. She is such a vintage queen.
Sharon
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Hi Sharon,
DeleteI'm really happy you liked the post and you also learnt something with it! I think outfit posts should be more about that, I'll try to explain more things about certain pieces, designers and similar on next articles :)
Thanks for the comment, see ya!
Recién descubro tu blog, lo estuve viendo un poco y me encantó! Espero más outfits, beso :)
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Hola!
DeleteMe alegra mucho que hayas disfrutado con tu visita al blog, y no te preocupes, que próximamente vienen más outfit-posts! :)
Un saludo <3
Te queda muy bien, amé la falda.
ReplyDeleteSaludos!
Muchísimas gracias! :) Me alegra mucho oír eso, estate atenta porque quizá próximamente haga un tutorial DIY sobre cómo confeccionar esta falda.
DeleteUn saludo y gracias por comentar <3
Un azul estupendo!! gran color ;)
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That's really interesting. Your skirt looks so pretty. You should make a DYI post about it :-)
ReplyDeleteI usually don't design or saw my clothes.
Interesting. Love your pattern on the dress
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nice try
ReplyDeleteso chinese style with those patterns in your dress
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That is a beautifully made skirt! Did you use a pattern or free hand the skirt?
ReplyDeleteFree hand, but don't worry because there's a DIY tutorial on how to make this skirt coming really soon :)
DeleteGlad you liked it, see you soon <3
Hi there, I LOVE this skirt! Are we getting a tutorial? =)
ReplyDeleteHi! I'm glad you like it and thank you so much for your comment. Yes, finally there's a tutorial coming by the end of this week :D
DeleteStay tuned!