The Sew Me Something Emporium is based in Stratford upon Avon, home of William Shakespeare and to show our love for the Bard we have named our patterns after some of his heroines.

Funny, beautiful, clever, and audacious everything a woman should be.

Viola is from Twelfth Night, (or What you Will).

She and her twin brother Sebastian were separated when they were shipwrecked and washed up on the shores of Ilyria. Unsure of making her way in a strange country as a girl, she decides to create an alter ego in “Cesario”.

Dressed as a boy finds her way into the court of Duke Orsino, who of course, she falls head over heels with. And, well the rest you’ll have to read for yourself…

With our Viola Reversible Skirt you can create your own alter ego, pretty and patterned by day, or plain and elegant for the evening, the choice is yours.