Well hey, Sailor!
It's finally here! Ain't it pretty? I love this dress. It was worth the three movies of handsewing the bias tape, & I learned loads in the making of it, so it's all good!
Want to hear all the little details? Okay. It's made from a sheet (Recycled! Upcycled! Thrifty! Yeah!), has a scoop back & a little heart cutout, bias tape along the neck & arms, piping at the waist, buttons in the front, a circle skirt, and horsehair braid on the inside hem for volume. Whew!
The horsehair braid was actually really simple to do. I'd bought it back in the beginning of June because it was one of my summer goals to try it on a project, & I'm pretty pleased with the result! I think it would be more fun to use yards and yards of it on something like chiffon so you just have pools of that lovely shaping, but that's something to keep in mind for the future.
Oh, & guess what else? It's for sale! I finally listed something in my brand new shop. I'll be putting some other things up over the next few days, & hopefully will continue to steadily for the rest of summer (fingers crossed!). This brings my summer collection up to 5/20, including the scrappy tank I posted below. I'll get there yet!
All photographs by Hannah of Videre Photography.
Beautiful! I love the back details.
ReplyDeleteI was already in love with it, and then I saw the little heart cut-out on the back. Right then love turned into super-duper love. Or something like that. Great job!
ReplyDeleteThat dress is super cute! Great job lady!
ReplyDeleteI don't know how you'll ever be able to part with something you've put so much work into! great job chickie!!
ReplyDeleteThank you, ladies!
ReplyDeleteJessica - I actually realized something a while ago... I don't know about you, but I get sick of the clothes I have, and if I sell something I love (& I know it's going to someone who loves it as well!) I keep on loving it forever! Maybe I'm just weird about clothes, haha, I don't know. Can you relate?
I love all my cloths, and will wear them for years, I just mix and match them in new ways, or will turn a beloved dress into a new and exciting skirt. stuff like that. also I'm cheap LOL
ReplyDeleteI love it! I really want that dress! You hand sewed all the bias tape?!? *After I typed that I remembered that I hand sewed the hem, double neckline, and are openings of a dress and that took forever too...but still, you rock! :)
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