Sunday, December 12, 2010

Party, Bag and Dress

It's that time of year again and I recently had a little Christmas get together with my students at a local and very great little restaurant, Cozzies Cafe at Swansea. I set the table with discarded pattern tissue and presented a little sewing gift for each of my guests ..... thanks girls!!! We had a lovely night!

Back in the studio, and here is a bag finished by Nicole. It is a Wrap Bag and Nicole used old denim jeans spliced with some upholstery weight fabric and she also used brown piping to divide each section.
This is a very big bag - heaps of room - perfect for those who carry EVERYTHING them ...that is, new mothers and maybe students or a great beach bag. The recycled jeans are an absolute winner for bag projects - so much character and strength!
And for me ... I've had this dress cut out and waiting patiently for about 6 months, so it's great to finally make it up and wear it .... it's also great to get some location shots .... can anyone guess where I am???? A no- brainer really ...
Back to the dress ... the Selfish Seamstress alerted her readers to this one ... BWOF 05/2008 Dress 125. Take note of how the styled photograph from the magazine is quite deceiving - but the line drawing is interesting (you'll have to go to the SS's link above).
I used a Martin & Savage fabric called PR Pinstripes - Cotton, Polyester and some Lycra.
The dress is fully lined - I used a Cotton/Silk from Tessuti's.
This dress has great potential - it is comfortable - and will transfer to many seasons - just throw on a jacket and you're set! Construction was straight forward - well, as straight forward as Burda can be!
Do you like my beads? A 10 minute project using resin beads from Empire Beads - sort of makes you think twice about one's hobby???  And the final shot - here is my Shaun - my patient and loyal photographer in our only self timer shot - I bent my legs cause I had no idea if we made it into the frame.

8 comments:

  1. Beautiful Blacksmiths (& Swansea), dress and bag. And as for Shaun, every girl should have one.

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  2. I'll have to exclude Swansea ... Swansea Heads yes, but Swansea no! And no - every girl will not get my Shaun!!

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  3. Your dress looks terrific on you, and I love your pattern tissue table cloth.
    Lovely photo of you and Shaun.

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  4. Gorgeous dress; it looks great on you! I was going to comment how much I like the necklace before I read that you made it... ten minutes? Awesome. I'm wearing colorful beads today, too.

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  5. A fun necklace and a good looking dress. Love the couple shot and the beautiful background. Also, great idea using old tissue pattern paper for your tablecloth!

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  6. Great dress and love the beads. Cozzies is great, try and take DM there when we can, and Swansea Heads now that might be a good beach for our dog? Great shot of you and Shaun.

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  7. Oh the perfect LBD!! Looks fabulous. And such a clever idea, the tissue pattern tablecloth. Like, very much. Fun, AND appropriate to your group!

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  8. What a cute idea for a tablecloth! Great little LBD there, too. :)

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