Photo update

Here it is, New Look 6723....

Do you like my shoes?

Do you see how the neckline buckles?

The Back

All in all, I do like my dress, yet i think I spent too long on it and don't love it like I did in the early stages. The fabric is a cotton sateen from spotlight. I have also made a skirt out of it too. I cut a size 14, and it is big, i took alot in at least 3cm out of the chest area & under arms but its still quite big in the waist as well. Next time I'll cut a 12 in the bodice.

I think I'll get a lot of use out of the dress in the coming warmer months. Also I added 5 cm to the hem but i may take it up 2 or so cm as i want it just below the knee.

What do you think of it? Any comments would be appreciative.

Kat :)

Bargin Farbrics

So last week I headed over to spotlight to pick up half a metre of satin silk lining for one of my in progress dresses.  it was on special for $8 per metre. I lied promised myself & my husband that wouldn't buy anymore fabric until i made a dent in my ever growing stash.

Everything was going well until I went to the clearance fabric section and found some fabric, Michael Miller "midnight mumms" that i have been after since I saw it on Rachel's Blog. I saw it for $22 per metre a while back and passed it up. I bought it for $4 per metre! I bought whatever was left on the short bolt as I think its a quilting fabric but it is 100% cotton, there was over 4 metres. Total was $18! I was and am still genuinely excited over my steal and at this stage have no plans for the fabric as i want to make something special from it. Any ideas would be lovely.

I also bought some more floral cotton sateen $12 per metre (surprise, surprise) and two metres each of a very soft blue and white fabric total $6, & a pink combination total $4. Both are floral.

All up I got over 9+ metres for $44. What a bargain!

Here is a photo.
Kat

Patterns, Patterns and more patterns...

In my interests in sewing started about early February as i was wandering around spotlight as my mum bought some fabric to line a skirt. I saw some fabric that caught my eye and thought to myself 'i like that'. Spotlight were having a buy the bolt for 30%  off or something like that, so i bought it thinking i wonder if such and such can make me something. One month later and i had enrolled in a sewing course, I had two patterns (one dress & a skirt) and 5.5 metres of blue floral cotton sateen.

Now 7 months later I have a stash that actually embarrasses me, which is not something that can easily be done ( if you see how many clothes i have, you would be shocked, & I'm not embarrassed by that.) I have over 35 patterns!!!! All except 5 were bought on special. I am shocked. To date i have only made 3 things with the 4th being in progress. That means I have 31 things to make. I feel slightly daunted now. I also have *cough cough* 4 Colette patterns on the way as well.

Does anyone want to help share my sewing? Ha ha.

I will say in my defense that I have a few or 10 projects that I am just not ready for just yet, I don't have the experience or the need to do something so complicated for example Vogue 1174.

In other news, I have finished both the vogue 8472 & New look 6723. I was happier with how 8472 turned out as i think I spent too long on 6723, photos to come soon.

I have started Butterick 5486 view A (the middle one)

Its coming along nicely and should be finished I'd say in 2 more lessons or in about a week if i cracked down, but it looks like this week will be a busy one.

Bye for now.
Kat