Posts Tagged ‘dresses’
Tea Length Ava Dress
It’s spring! And that seems to make me feel like making dresses. Well, that and the wedding I’m attending at the end of April. I’m hoping to make myself a dress to wear to it. I found a pattern I’m super excited about to make for the wedding, but I wanted to do a test…
Read More27 Dresses: A Trip Through My Closet
Hopefully a few of you remember the 2008 Katherine Heigl film 27 Dresses. It’s a movie about a woman who has been in 27 different weddings and thus has 27 different bridesmaid dresses. Well, I only have one bridesmaid dress – from my sister’s wedding. Well, two if I include the one I wore on…
Read MoreThe Skater Dress
This dress is a variation on the Vintage Border Dress I made for Easter. It’s the B style bodice from the pattern and a shorter skirt. For this version of the dress, I used a great cotton lycra blend fabric for the main body of the dress and accented it with an inexpensive, but super…
Read MoreMelani Inspired Dress
I recently came across a gorgeous Antonio Melani dress at Dillard’s. It was beautiful, but very expensive. As much as I loved it, I couldn’t bring myself to spend $170 for this dress. So, I decided to see if I could make my own version of the dress. The first thing I needed to do…
Read MoreBorder Prints – Ahead of the Curve
I was doing a little internet browsing on ModCloth, one of my favorite internet sites, when I suddenly realized how many skirts and dresses there were with border prints in their store. I have to say that I was actually really surprised. When I first decided to make my border print dress I had a…
Read MoreTruffle Dress
The 3rd project in the Colette Patterns Sewing Handbook is called the Truffle Dress. It’s a lovely little sleeveless dress with a simple scoop neck and a decorative ruffle panel on the skirt. In hopes of getting a finished project that was a little less stiff, I decided to get away from poplin (or quilting…
Read MoreFashion Friday – Wedding Edition
This month’s Fashion Friday is brought to you by my sister’s wedding. I was the Matron of Honor – wow that sounds old – for her wedding. It was honestly one of the happiest days of my life. Just being able to see my sister so happy with her now-husband made us all happy too.…
Read MoreShopping Spree
Every year my mom and I go shopping for my birthday. This year was no different, even if we did have to do it about a month after my actual birthday. – Working on Kayla’s wedding, and life in general seems to keep most of my weekends booked – but we finially both got a…
Read MoreIt’s about time… (being able to buy things I love)
I’ve got a pretty quirky sense of style, and lately, I’ve been amazed at how many things I can find in stores that I absolutely love! Now granted, there have always been places like Anthropoligie and ModCloth where I could find things I loved… but I usually couldn’t afford them. But lately, I keep finding…
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