I always love when new fabric arrives!
I’ve been looking forward to making up this red/white/black paisley ever since I bought it a couple of months ago. Liberty brought it out for the London Olympics, and there’s a tiny laurel wreath in the design. I’ve had it in mind to mix it up with this tiny black and white print, Glenjade.
Over the summer I’ve made some great women’s shirts to commission, so this will be the first shirt I’ve added to the men’s collection for a while and I’m really looking forward to it… musing over whether to go for a contrast yoke, or to use the Glenjade in tiny touches…

A rainy, windy lunchtime and I’m stuck indoors. The temptation to browse vintage patterns on etsy was too great! And look what I found – this sweet 60s women’s shirt pattern in a size 34″ bust. For some reason, women’s patterns of this age are almost always  tiny, so it was great to find one that was almost my size! It’s so neat-looking, and I love that short sleeve. Just what Betty Draper of Mad Men would wear if she went on a ranch vacation!

On this blog I’m going to be sharing all the fun and inspiration that goes into making Dandy & Rose shirts – patterns, lovely Liberty of London fabrics, design ideas.

If you’d like to find the shirts for sale, they are at

http://www.etsy.com/shop/dandyandrose

There’s lots more about the shirts, including pictures of people wearing theirs at

https://www.facebook.com/DandyandRose