Busyness

I did say in my last post that I'd make a dress.

I just didn't make the one I thought I'd make.  Rather than the Liberty cotton from the other day, I realised I'd better get a move on with the dress for the wedding.  It's next week.

Can I just say (in my defence, m'lud) that it actually hangs better on me than on Dolly - I must adjust her padding.  I remembered that I don't have a zipper foot for my Janome, only for the Singer which is the workhorse, and frankly I don't want to put Liberty silk through it, just in case I foul it up. And also I bought a cream invisible zipper - which is invisible, indeed, in the body of the dress but the pull is visible at the top of the chocolate bodice, so I'll also have to look for a more suitable one in John Lewis along with a zipper foot.

The carpet blanket (which is going to require double my original quantity of wool, I reckon so I'll have to wait a bit to make that investment - will just work through what I have first) is coming along.

And I've got a mountain of cotton angora to make the wedding present throw.  I've got ten balls each of the lilac, lavender and pink, with a few random balls of purple, blue and light blue.   Now if I could only figure out the soft waves pattern... I've also been having problems with various hooks, metal and bamboo seem to work for me, but not plastic.  What's that?  A poor crafter blames her tools?

Comments

[mmdesigns]

Oh, wow! What a stunning dress! Delicious fabric... :) An idea about the zipper pull: paint it with brown nail polish (prior to sewing it in). It won't be visible.

Happy sewing,

Sarah :)

[claire]

It's lovely!

I might well bring my amazing 99p ebay dress on Saturday. It's amazing as in "amazingly ugly", but I have big plans for it and want to check with you whether a sewing dunce like me could make it happen.

5 more balls for the zigzag blanket arrived last night - I now have balls skewered on knitting needles like fat kebabs to test out my colour suitability.

[Villain Extraordinaire]

It is a beautiful dress. I was just about to say the same thing about the zipper pull. Don't take a perfectly good zipper out of *silk* no less!! Make life easier for yourself!

[Ali]

I'm swooning at the gorgeousness of your dress. Swooning.

[Sarah Jayne]

What a beautiful dress - and the wool for the wedding present is great - can't wait to see it finished.

[Rebecca]

Your productivity both shames and inspires me!

The dress looks lovely.

[carol]

Cute, cute dress. You will look stunning at the nuptials...

[kirsty]

You'll knock 'em all dead in that dress! It is exquisite!!

And the wedding blanket will be beautiful, too - that yarn is gorgeous.

[Jade]

Stunning, stunning dress! And the fabric you chose suits the cut so well.

Love the carpet blanket, too! When you said that your parents had something similar, I couldn't quite visualise it until now. I think my mum and dad had a rug that looked very much like your blanket.

[julie]

The dress is indeed beautiful - love the fabric combination. The blanket is great too - can just imagine snuggling under it on a wet and windy winter's night with a hot chocolate and a good book - bliss!

[Lucy]

That dress is fantastic. You are almost inspiring me to do something myself. If I could just get this blasted VAT return to add up properly, then I would have some time to myself!
That crochet looks far top even for someone who has only just started - have you been practising all the time?

[JeanieB]

Thank you so much for sharing this pattern - your dress looks so sauve - you will look stunning!
Mine's done, a humble little cotton number. Go take a look see on Make It Up
:-)