Sew Big Fabrics Vintage Circus Under the Old Big Top

The Sew Big Fabrics Vintage Circus Round just opened. I just LOVE the vintage inspired circus prints. They are all so fun and unique. I was excited to get a couple of different prints to play with.


I used the Yellow Funhouse coordinate and Red Astley Girls to make a modified Halla Patterns Elise Top & Dress.

I used the puff sleeves and did the neckline straps. This seemed like the perfect combination to make an Astley Circus Girl inspired top.

And, I had to give a try at some acrobatic circus moves while I was at it.

The Astley Girls make for a striking stripe design. The stripes do run parallel with the fabric selvedge. Shown here is the brushed poly. This fabric has great 4-way stretch and you could also make the Astley Girl stripes go horizontally.

On my Elise Top, I decided to use a full circle skirt to make it a little more dramatic.

I paired my top with a black Obi belt for a cumber tie like look by tying it behind me.

This was my first time making the Elise. I absolutely love how it turned out and will definitely be making more!

I also got some Astley Girls in white on cotton lycra.

As soon as I saw these, I knew I had to pair them with these black & white stripes from Made Whimsy.

I also knew I had to make a George & Ginger Swagger Sweater for its dramatic back. I made this one sleeveless just because I was low on fabric, I am in Texas, and we are having a heat wave.

I only had a fat half of the White Astley Girls, so I had to use the fabric the "wrong" way to get my pieces to fit. I personally think I prefer the Astley Girls running horizontally.

I just had to do some photos spinning around to show off the fun ruffles on the Swagger Sweater. The red layer is the Red cotton lycra from Made Whimsy - also used for the bands. The Swagger Sweater is only $5 and was recently updated.

I was really tempted to make myself some black & white striped leggings or thigh high socks to wear with this Swagger Sweater, but I wasn't sure I'd ever wear either after these photos, so I stuck to wearing my boring black pants. If you can't tell - the Astley Girls are wearing black & white striped thigh highs.

There are many more mprints in this round - just take a look at the photo below.

~ Round is Open: June 6th - 18th ~
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All prints are available on the following bases

*Cotton Lycra 230-240 gsm
*Bamboo Lycra 220-240 gsm
*DBP - 220-230 gsm
*French Terry 250-260 gsm
*Cotton Woven 140-150 gsm

~Fat halves available!

~LAYAWAY available!

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