I made a Jabot!

I went searching on the internet to see if there were any really-easy-to-follow-instructions for some fashion accessories. I came across an article on how to make a Victorian Jabot! The article was from 'What the craft' and it was so easy to do; So I decided to make one myself!

I had some felt at home and green lace and therefore I was going to make a green jabot. I laid it all out just to see what it might look like at the end.

I changed my mind just to stick with the lace with the two colors - because I ran out of the other green lace. But you can change your mind right?

I did what it said in the instructions to sew the lace to a small round piece of fabric and then tried decorating it. It didn't look good - I think that was mainly attributed to my not-so-good sewing skills.

So, I cut out a bigger piece of fabric that resembles the shape of a flower. So I mucked round a little with what scraps were around the house to make the center piece for the jabot. I found a red bow from Christmas and some lace that had some red fabric holding it together.I also found a small black piece of appliqué that comes with pieces of clothing as spares just in case some appliqué falls off - I sewed that onto the bow. Then kept on sewing the spare bits onto the green felt to create this:

Now that the center piece was done, all I did was attach it to the lace part and cest fini!

I used the machine to attach the two parts together and this was done by just sewing without a foot on the machine