Gingham is a wonderful print.  It works perfectly with both solids and mixed with other prints.  

But pairing gingham with the crispness of bright white, really makes the print stand out!  And also gives it a preppy feel.  Which is big here in the South!

Other than this shirt being gingham, I love the design and the fit.  The most perfect thing about shirts designed for women is shaping darts in the front and the back.  That makes this a perfect pattern!

The shirt is Vogue 8772; see the original review here.

After a day of terrible weather that swept through the state, today is absolutely gorgeous!  A perfect January day... not unseasonably warm and not bitterly cold... just perfect!

Perfect weather to toss on my Vogue 8776 cape...

thrown over my J. Crew cableknit sweater, my yellow gingham shirt and my Gap Vintage Flare jeans (with my DIY distressing). 

This has been a pretty slow sewing week.  Have you ever lost the instruction sheet for a pattern?  Well, I did and it's an OOP pattern... sigh.  But that's okay, I'm winging my way through it.  The project should be finished and posted by early next week.

Even though Pinterest inspires me on a daily basis, I haven't done an "Inspired by Pinterest" post in a while.  I know there are people out there that still don't get Pinterest.  But I really don't get why they don't get it! LOL  There is something on there for everyone and their personal taste.  I don't get any kickbacks for saying this.  I'm just an obsessed fan of the site!

Pinterest via Pretty Tall Style

Here is another version of Vogue 8772.  This time in yellow.  I was going through a citrus thing at the time I made my fabric purchases.  

I wish I could have found yellow gingham in the same scale as the green shirt.  But oh well, I can live with this mini-gingham print.

Wearing:  shirt: Vogue 8772; shorts: Old Navy; fedora: Target; sunnies: Karen Walker; sandals: Sam Edelman; purse: TJ Maxx; bangles: Amrita Singh.

Lately, I've been obsessing big time over gingham!  I've dedicated a board on Pinterest entirely to it.

One of the easiest inspired garments to create is a shirt. Since this is a printed shirt, I decided to use a button front shirt pattern -- Vogue 8772,  that was tailored and didn't have any pockets.  Pockets, gingham and my boobs?  That equals a lot going on!  So I passed on shirt pockets.  

The shirt was pretty straight forward -- that is if you've previously made a shirt before.  If you haven't, this is a good one to learn on.  It has all of the components of a button front shirt and would be a great one to practice on.  

I love that this shirt has horizontal and vertical darts in the front and vertical darts in the back.  This mean you should get a really good fit without a lot of nipping and tucking.   I did however have to add an inch to the waist for that tiny bit of additional length.

And I bought my gingham fabric during one of the sales that Hancock had a few weeks ago. 

Here's Isabella in her matching gingham shorts!

Wearing:  shirt: Vogue 8772; shorts: Old Navy; earrings: Marc Marc Jacobs; purse: Street Style from Lotus Boutique:  ; sandals: Ciao Bella (old) ; sunnies:  Karen Walker; belt: The Limited.