I've been busy with life and sewing. I'm currently in the process of making some dresses for the Autumn. I spent time researching and looking for a dress pattern that I would like and finally bought what I thought was the best pattern. However, there is still a lot of trial and error going on with the sewing process.
The first dress I have made is with some fabric my mum bought me from Liberty. She says its a cotton but it has a strange silky feel to it and I can't find it any where on Liberty's website to verify what it is. I did wash it first before sewing as it stank heavily of perfume! The fabric is a little too light and floaty and creases incredibly easily. I still have the edging to do on the little capped sleeves and make a belt for it. I took it in yesterday to stop it looking tent-like but it still seems that bit too wide. I need to find a balance between it looking too floaty and clinging to the wrong parts of my body. We don't need to emphasize some aspects of growing older!
The second dress is made of cotton, 100% woven cotton. This dress already feels much nicer and since the cotton has some weight, it hangs much better. I only have the sleeves left to do on this dress. Both dresses are actually pink flowers. I am not normally a pink person, I'm trying to step outside my comfort zone and have more of a variety of clothes in my wardrobe. We'll see. I prefer my blues and greens. This said, my next dress will be a pale blue with Paisleys. I think this dress will have more of an appeal to me. Who knows?
But for now, there are no pictures as they are works in progress. But I promise to post them as soon as the dresses are finished. It won't be long now as I spent all of yesterday sewing and plan to continue today. The weather forecast is wet and overcast with grey skies so it is always encouraging to do my sewing. Also, my other half has taken the PS3 down to London with him while visiting his family! Noooo! I was playing "Dishonoured" and loving it....so yeah, no distractions so I am being on the ball with my sewing. Of course, you all knew that there had to be some hidden factor behind this sudden burst of "motivation", didn't you? You know me all too well.
The first dress I have made is with some fabric my mum bought me from Liberty. She says its a cotton but it has a strange silky feel to it and I can't find it any where on Liberty's website to verify what it is. I did wash it first before sewing as it stank heavily of perfume! The fabric is a little too light and floaty and creases incredibly easily. I still have the edging to do on the little capped sleeves and make a belt for it. I took it in yesterday to stop it looking tent-like but it still seems that bit too wide. I need to find a balance between it looking too floaty and clinging to the wrong parts of my body. We don't need to emphasize some aspects of growing older!
The second dress is made of cotton, 100% woven cotton. This dress already feels much nicer and since the cotton has some weight, it hangs much better. I only have the sleeves left to do on this dress. Both dresses are actually pink flowers. I am not normally a pink person, I'm trying to step outside my comfort zone and have more of a variety of clothes in my wardrobe. We'll see. I prefer my blues and greens. This said, my next dress will be a pale blue with Paisleys. I think this dress will have more of an appeal to me. Who knows?
But for now, there are no pictures as they are works in progress. But I promise to post them as soon as the dresses are finished. It won't be long now as I spent all of yesterday sewing and plan to continue today. The weather forecast is wet and overcast with grey skies so it is always encouraging to do my sewing. Also, my other half has taken the PS3 down to London with him while visiting his family! Noooo! I was playing "Dishonoured" and loving it....so yeah, no distractions so I am being on the ball with my sewing. Of course, you all knew that there had to be some hidden factor behind this sudden burst of "motivation", didn't you? You know me all too well.
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