Of course I can!!!
After the success of my
Dusty Pink Dress I thought I would make two more dresses in the same pattern. I got so many compliments when I wore it - it was lovely to be told that something you made was beautiful :) Unfortunately I don't have any photos - I think I need to set up a photo shoot to have someone take photos of me in all the dresses I have made. Hey, thats a pretty good idea!!!
Anyway! The weather ended up being not the best on the weekend, so along with a few other things I worked on two new dresses - the first one being the long awaited (by me anyway) Sheet Dress!!!
I purchased the above original 1950/60s twin bed sheet in its original unopened packaging on
etsy (of course) and as soon as I saw the listing my brain exploded with ideas! I love it when I am inspired by something like that - has that ever happened to you? See how the flowers are densely packed at the top and bottom and sparse in the middle? Well I imagined a dress with lots of flowers at the hem, fading up to virtually no flowers on the bodice, with a little pink self-covered belt, and a pink jacket!!! Just imagine the entire look - complete with pink gloves, pink hat, pink shoes, and a pink bag!!!!! I'm getting excited again just thinking about it!!!!!!
Here is a close-up of the sweet little flowers:
Its going to look so beautiful!!!
Because I wanted the flowers a particular way on the pattern pieces I had to lay the sheet on the floor. My 18mth old puppy Stella thought she might be able to help:
She couldn't, just got in the way really... but I appreciated the effort :)
For those of you who can't imagine what I mean about the flower placement, I have outlined the pattern pieces on this photo in yellow:
The pieces on the right are the front and back of the dress. See how there aren't many flowers on the bodice???
Stella gave up trying to help after a while and instead sat in her beanbag and supervised:
So - for my second dress that I will make at the same time as the Sheet Dress I chose this lovely fabric from
Gorgeous Fabrics - a sheer-ish green with laser cut, white edged eyelets in a flowery pattern:
I'm going to line the dress in pink so I have a green dress with pink flowers, like this:
I will also wear this one with a pink belt and pink shoes :) I love matchie-matchie accessories!
This will be an interesting one to sew together for two reasons:
1. The green fabric is sheerish, with holes in it, so my seams are going to show. They have to be neat (or bound maybe...hmmm)
2. Both fabrics are slippery and like to move about. I may have to actually READ THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL that came with my new sewing machine to see how to best tackle slippery fabrics.
Still, I like a challenge, and sewing two dresses at the same time, one of them with difficult fabrics should make for a good challenge! I will keep you posted on how they come along.
Thanks for reading
Beccie
xx
I'm pretty happy with the end result, although I must tell you there were times when I wanted to throw it out the window, or set fire to it. The sheer green fabric with holes in it was a NIGHTMARE to sew for a beginner seamstress, but I perservered and we got there in the end. I also have a lovely vintage hat to match this dress so now I need to find two events to which I can wear a hat!
