I be making a dress...

MY PATTERN BOOK

I have had this book for quite a while now, Girls World by Jennifer Paganelli.  (click here to read a review)

I have been quite nervous about actually attempting any of the lovely things in it... until now.

The dress I have chosen is called the Mary's Fancy Sash Dress. 

THE CHOSEN DRESS

It is going quite well so far, I have traced the pattern, chosen my fabric and cut the pattern pieces.  My daughter is very excited and impatient for me to get on with it!

BODICE PIECES

SASH MATERIAL

I'm off now to do some of the sewing bit (the best part!) and will update my blog with my progress!

Marie x

Something FINISHED!!

Kat Von D

I saw this gorgeous photo on Instagram recently of Kat Von D, and really wanted to turn it in to a stencil for some fabric I have...

My Kat Von D stencil

This was the first time I have attempted a fabric stencil, but the freezer paper made it really easy to do (all-be-it slightly fiddly in places).  I really like it!

And I have FINALLY finished the skirt I have been making on my dressmaking course!  Whoop!!!

My very straight top sewing!!

Bias hem!!

The finished article!

And something my lovely little girl made today...

Clay people

Works in progress...

I seem to have unfinished bits and pieces everywhere...

The dressmaking course I started is going very well, and the skirt itself is almost finished.  I am quite proud that I have learned to top sew - IN A STRAIGHT LINE! And finished a hem with some bias tape *proud moment*!

My quilted throw has stalled, the free motion embroidery is taking aaaaaages, plus not helped by the fact I had to unpick a load of it, as I had sewn part of the backing that had folded back on itself.. grrrr...

But on the PLUS side, I have been working on some lovely mirrors I found at a car boot fair.  They looked a bit sad, to say the least, so they have been given a make-over, and I love them!

1930s style make over

Vintage notions make over

1950s style make over

Homage to Singer make over! (some of the clipart featured here is courtesy of the Graphics Fairy)

My next post is going to include the pictures of my FINISHED items.  (Always helps to give yourself a deadline!)

Dress making!!

I've been wanting to learn dress-making for ages and ages... fortunately, there is a new sewing shop local to me that's running such a course!  Whoop! www.moresewing.com

Last night was my first session, and I've chosen to do something that's meant to be quite straightforward, although it's not that easy for me, yet.  A girl in the group is being slightly more ambitious than I, she's making her prom dress - must say, it looks like it'll be amazing!

My Skirt Pattern

When I've mastered this, the plan is to make the girls some summer clothes that they will hopefully want to wear!

The material I'm using is a fabric remnant I picked up for £2, no sense in wasting good material for a practice run...

Un-ironed!!