Missoni Madness

One of my favorite things to do on Saturday morning, is go to the fabric market (de lapjesmarkt) in Utrecht (beautiful city in the center of The Nederlands). The fabric market has been held in Utrecht at the same location for over 400 years. And although most of the stalls offer inexpensive fabrics, like printed cotton or tricot, you can find top-of-the-line fabric and notions as well. Most of the time you can bargain a bit, and a lot of the fabric is cheap stuff starting at 1 euro per meter. For the real high quality stuff you have to bring serious cash and a bit of luck. But it's worth the money, especially for designer fabrics like this one by Missoni.


A more detailed shot. I don't think you can see it, but there's also gold and silver woven in every now and then.


Missoni is an Italian fashion house and they are famous for the multi-colored zig-zag knits. This fabric retails at about 40 to 50 euro's per meter, but you know me......of course I bought it for 25! But that is still a lot of money and so a lot of pressure to "make it work" (haha, Project Catwalk sneaks in at last). Lucky for me, the fall collection of McCalls came to my rescue with this great dress pattern.



As you can see, this is also in Missoni fabric! I don't have enough to make this long dress, so I'm going for a short sleeved sixties look. Something I can also wear with a turtle neck and tights when it get's colder. I'll keep you posted on my progress.
Next up.....the Vogue blouse!!!
Fleur