Blue Dress

This is probably the best dress I've made, and I can actually say I designed it since I altered two patterns and it actually worked out this time! It's made of home decor fabric that is a stiff cotton which worked out nicely since it gives the skirt a nice body. I wanted something that kind of teeters between a party dress and a daytime dress. Waking up in the morning can be depressing and nothing cheers me up more than throwing on a dress, even a dress that is too "fancy" for a regular day. I'm wearing it now to go to lunch with my friend Dani.




and this is my lovely friend Amber trying it on!

Wholesale

I just ordered my first wholesale fabric online! It's really to see if the quality is good and if I like the weight and colors. Natural fabric is what I'm going for lately, I just think it looks richer and feels better. So I ordered some red cotton broadcloth and grey silk. Silk is so so lovely and many of the Japanese dresses I drool over are in silk. It's expensive but if I were to make a pretty silk dress I would want to wear it all the time. Gone are the days of disposable clothes! I do feel bad for the little worms though. Coming soon I will post pictures of the fabric I received and the two skirts I will make from them. Currently I'm working on a very frustrating dress pattern that involves a front yoke with all kinds of nasty corners to screw up. Here are some silk dresses I crave.




1) CLU
2) Twenty8Twelve
3) Mayle