One Dress, Three Ways: Fake Vest Edition
I can’t believe the weekend is almost over! Ugh! I hope yours was as fun & relaxing as mine was! I spent most of today in this green frock:
One Dress, Three Ways III! Which is Your Fave?
Hello all. Whew! I have been one busy busy gal! Starting my new job and lots of other fun things have kept me in a most exciting flurry of activity! 🙂 Don’t worry! It’s all calming down enough for me to blog a bit more regularly…at least for now! 🙂 I feel like the last time we talked, I was near the end of a project. Hmmmmnnn…what could that have been? You can see the previous (no sew!)…
Day 365: Kitschy Dress
Today’s piece is a fun & kitschy handmade house dress. 🙂 Okay…I’m not a fan of the brown & white print (too tablecloth-y!) and this is obviously too big for me. Let’s see what we can do about all that, shall we? First, I threw the dress into a dye bath with my good friend, Scarlet. 🙂 After about 40 minutes in the dye and a rinse & dry, my new dress was ready to be taken in! I decided…
Day 363: All the Angles Dress
When I found today’s dress at one of my fave $1 thrift stores, I was stoked! Check out the amazeballs print! 🙂 You’re looking at a totally 80’s shoulderpadded number that desperately needs a facelift! Time for a Nip/Tuck! First, I made a big chop! Then, I took in the whole thing about 2″ on each side. After cutting off the excess material, I folded the top raw edge over twice and stitched it down, leaving about a 1″ gap. …
Day 362: Mairi Shrug
Today’s piece comes from a land down under! And yes – You’d better run. You’d better take cover! 🙂 You haven’t even seen the best part yet! I pretty much died laughing when I opened Mairi’s package. She certainly gave me quite a challenge! 🙂 Alright…as I’m not into Victorian Cosplay, these unmentionables were going to require a complete overhaul! First, I reached into my dye stash and pulled out this: Into a nice, hot bath of dye the bloomers…
Day 361: The Right to Bare Arms…er…Arm Dress
Some days I honestly just don’t want to bother. But I must soldier on! I’m so verrrrry close to the end of my 365 Day project!!!! The print on today’s dress is lovely, but the cut and the size aren’t quite doing it for me. I wasn’t in a sewing mood, so I started playing with my new dress, and pinned it in a couple of places. Okay…so the above pics are slightly less than informative, so let me explain…
