A few months ago I found a lovely plain black cardigan at the car boot sale for 20p. The fit was great, and I loved the fact that it had a touch of angora in the fibre which gave just a nice amount of luxury to it. I've had a good amount of wear from the cardi these past few months (given the fact that 2007 was the 'summer that never was' in the UK). However, being plain black meant the cardi was just a little too boring for my tastes. I toyed with the idea of adding some sort of trim but didn't really have anything suitable and didn't want to add anything too permanent. So I got to thinking about making some sort of corsage to liven it up a bit, and this afternoon I managed to get my act together and acutally sew something.
The fabric is a small piece of a beautifully vibrant Kaffe Fasset print from the stash I bought at Get Knitted and the backing is a gorgeous thick piece of pure wool, vegetable dyed felt which gives the whole thing a bit of 'body'. The polka-dot button was from my trusty button box and I think was a spare from a polka-dot blouse I had perhaps 14 years ago. This corsage livens the cardi up no end - I may have to make a few more in different colour-ways!
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