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Sewing by the seat of my pants PT 2"edited"

Since Blogger will not let me create a new post!? Here are some pictures of the finished dress at the wedding:

 

 

Let me back up a bit.
The B2B decided to order a wedding gown from China. She came over to my house to go over some wedding details...(did I mention I was co-coordinator with the matron-of-honor?).She showed me the dress she was going to order. Now I am not to keen about ordering form outside of the continental United States so when we could not get clarification on the color of the waist ribbon, I took that as a sign that maybe, just maybe, this was not the best idea. A day later I convinced her not to purchase from that retailer due to reviews about some of the China dressmaker sites.

(below image from http://www.dress2sale.com/Elegant-White-Dot-Lace-With-Bowtie-Wedding-Dress-MA-670.html )

So that began our quest to find a wedding gown. After checking a couple of local dress shops, including Da.vid's Brid.al she still could not find what she wanted. We even traveled across the bridge to Jersey to an annual Goodwill dress event. She found two that her sister and I both thought were beautiful on her but she left without a purchase. You see, I had received the guinea pig text message already and although she was full of confidence in me, I was not.. I secretly hoped hat she would find a RTW gown.

I found butterick 5325


She liked it, I took her measuremnets, found some fabric in the stash for a muslin and got to work.

Next:  "The long road of fittings".

Blessings and Love

 

Dawn

Sewing by the seat of my pants! pt 1

text thread:

cousin: Can I be your guinia pig?

me: huh?

cousin: no seriously, I mean I am tired of looking!

me: no seriously what are you talking about?

cousin: can you make my wedding dress?

me (after a 3 minute pause): I do not know if I can do that...

cousin: I have faith in you!

me: let me pray about it.

cousin: I will pray too!

So began my adventures in sewing by the seat of my pants!


Love and God bless,
Dawn

Really Jo-Ann...

I went to Jo-Ann's yesterday for their Simplicity and Burda pattern sale. The one Burda that I wanted they did not have and believe it or not, there were not any Simplicity catalogues to browse. I asked several associates and no one really cared about my dilemma. Two went in search of an explanation only to never return! And it was cold outside yesterday.

Even my hubby liked this!

Me, baby bro and my mommy!

My husband, God bless him, is sort of a solid color lover, but much to my surprise, he really loved my dress. I forgot to take a picture before we left for my cousin/godson's wedding but this gives me a chance to show off my mom and baby brother.

The wedding was wonderful, always good to see young people decide to do things God's way for a change.
The dress was Simplicity 3774 view C.  I cut a size 14 but should have went smaller. I will make this version again but will close the "v" up more to make the dress more church appropriate.

I got lots of compliments and request(all of which I decline graciously)

I got the fabric from Gaffney's Fabric in Philly on Memorial (30% off sale). You can always find nice fabric  at a great price there.

God bless
Dawn

Slow progress, but progress none the less...

Just a quick update:

Sewing room.. All the painting is done but I have a lot of sorting and organizing to do.

Dress form...I just received the "Fabulous Fit" system. I ordered it on Monday or Tuesday and it came yesterday!

Sewing Machine... still broken

Sewing progress...made a vest and a pair of pants, the vest is great, the pants not so much!

More later!

God bless
Dawn

"Every cloud has a silver lining" Or "Love the one your with"

Clouds...
My daughter and grandson moved out a few weeks ago. It was not a happy time for me. I really miss having them around ALL THE TIME! But I know that I may have been interfering in God's plans for her.
Silver lining...
How much time do I wait before I start designing my new sewing room. I am very excited about this but I do not want her to feel some type of way about being replace by Dee. Who's Dee? Well she is only going to be my new best friend. She is going to motivate, encourage and inspire me.
Just as soon as I show her some TLC.

She was a $5 yardsale find given to me by my mom. I've had her for a bout 5 years and all the while been dreaming about buying a new dress form. Well, over this past weekend I decided that if I can't be with the one I love, than I should love the one I'm with. I sent my son into the basement to make sure there were not any spiders dust her off.
This will be my first sewing room project. I goo.gled "vintage adjustable dress form" and found a blog called "Re-couture" detailing exactly what I need to do (she had the same dress form and transformed it into a sight to behold).

I will chronicle my journey here.  Btw I have to have my sewing machine serviced, SMH.

Be Blessed
Dawn