Sun Dress.

Monday was such a lovely sunny day I decided to make myself a new sun dress, it's cobbled together from a couple of patterns.

The bodice is from New Look 6459, as is the mid section and the fuller skirt is from Simplicity 4070.

I liked my fabric choices all cheapish cottons (from stash) until I actually sewed them together, then I wasn't overly keen. However, when I put the dress on it looked so much better than on the dummy that I decided I did like it after all.

The black dress and the green/cream dress are also made from New Look 6459, I made them last summer.

Prom Queen.

It's prom night and daughter has been the picture of stress. Poor thing had to miss her hair appointment and then couldn't get her hair or make-up the way she wanted it. After a good cry and few moans about not going, she managed to pull herself together and finished getting ready.

Yes, I'm biased, but I truly thought she looked wonderful. Right up until she left the house she still felt not quite right and stressed as you can tell by the pictures. Gah, I wouldn't be 16 again if you paid me.

I used a modified Simplicity 4070 pattern, I deepened the v at the neck line. I also gave it a corset instead of a zip (although the skirt section does have a concealed zip) and as well as lining the skirt, I added net to the underneath to just about poke out the bottom.

I used taffeta for the dress and have discovered I really enjoy working with taffeta as it's so easy. The net and lining fabric was another kettle of fish altogether (eek). just some ribbon detailing on the bust line and it was done. Once I got into it it only took a day or so even though I've never made anything like it before.

Dress

My daughter was going to a wedding in August and couldn't find anything to wear that she liked. I nearly died when she asked me to make her something.

I never in a million years thought she'd ever want to wear anything her way uncool mother made LOL.

Of course the morning of the wedding she decides that none of her bags look right and could I please make her a matching bag....Arghhhh!

The fabric was a polycotton from my stash (it was for some summer trousers for myself) Why I had a large amount of lining fabric in the same colour I'm not sure but I did. It's a New Look pattern 6672

This was another pattern that was quite simple to construct, the only problem I had was with the back midsection, I'm going to have to check I've traced the correct size as I'm sure it was to small as it didn't really match up. I'm also rather crap at zips, so that was a bugger (something I'll have to have more practice with).