holy moly, i finally finished the dress i was going to make for the parent conferences in early november. oops. i've been super swamped this year. i probably have 10 more students than last year, and whew, it's drowning me. anyhoo, not to be deterred, i plowed on, and finished this dress. last night. finally. i'm donning this for the next round of parent conferences in february. in the meanwhile, i'll wear it to the holiday assembly at school this friday. whoo!
you may remember this dress from being the same as the one i made mom to wear to my cousin brenda's wedding. hehe. that was 3 years ago. i took down my alterations for what was needed to be changed from mom's dress so i could make one up for me too with the leftover fabric. new and different projects are that much more exciting so i never got to version 2. this fabric takes up a LOT of room, so finally i made it to reduce my stash of fabric. the lining fabric was gifted to me by the theater director of my school. (they gave me all their extra fabric... it sits under my desk at work... my fabric collection is starting to invade school too...) i handstitched down all the seams along the bust and sides of this dress so that everything sat flatter:
i even handstitched the bottom hem to enclose the lining bottom. handstitching is tedious, but so satisfying when complete!
around back there is an invisible zipper and a hook and eye closure at the top of the neckline:
i'll post a pic when i finally get around to taking a pic of me in it this friday.
for my bday, eric's mom gave me a magnetic enclosing faux book with a beautiful cover.
i finally found the perfect use for it: because it is so roomy and closes magnetically, i've been using it to hold "works-in-progress." it is large enough to fit the fabric, pattern, and notions necessary for each project so far, and nothing falls out! thanks, alice!
next up: mom's bday shirt. oh wait, her bday was in august... *grins sheepishly*
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