the dress that made me almost miss my flight...

after seeing how cute faye looked in her southport dress, i endeavored to make my own.  (ok, i lie: i was always going to make one for me too.  hence why i got an adult one and shrank it down to fit her.)  also, her bday is the day after mine, so clearly i had to make us twinsies.  this weekend, i visited shirley, who now resides in florida.  we had a sewathon on saturday, from 9am to 3am.  it felt like i was a star on project runway.  she encouraged me to make my own bias binding from the same fabric (my least fav task ever), so i made a ton:

(yes, i need a haircut.  oct 8, oct 8!)  i burned my fingers SO many times.  the inside of the dress looked so nice though!!!  i can't say i've ever finished any garment this nicely.  i'm the lazy one who will just serge edges and stitch them down, although this doesn't work so nicely for neck and arm holes.

it's not really pink dress weather anymore (and school is FREEZING!), so i wintered up the dress with short boots and a wool cardigan.

the dress hits just above my knee but because my friend madeline took it for me (and she is quite a bit taller), it looks like the dress hits lower than my knee.  fear not, it's not really this frumpy looking in real life!  i did the double button on top and evenly scattered buttons below again, as eric designed on faye's dress.  i figured i should stay true to the style of her dress if we were gonna be twinsies.

funny story about the twill tape drawstring:  i brought some to florida, but it was too short.  so, right before my flight, shirley took me to a joann's by an airport.  the private jet airport.  oops.  we thought airport=airport.  i almost missed my flight, for the sake of a me-made garment.  however, as i sprint to my gate 20 mins before take-off, i get a text that my flight was delayed.  hallelujah!  thus, i successfully made it to school today, as you can see from the school office pic above.  the risks we seamsters (what i call sewing teamsters) have to take... hehe