Greetings from the inside of a laundry basket! That’s kind of how I feel reviewing these pictures. Hence the play on words in the title, do you get it? Because the dress has flowers and the dress looks bunched up? Eh. Heh. Heh. It’s not that funny, I guess. The lighting was not kind to this dress at all, is what I’m trying to say. It’s fine, I still love it. This dress is the result of several months worth of sleeve testing. I can’t tell you how many sleeves I made, but the fabric bin is full of test runs. This dress was also kind of a test run in that I didn’t love this fabric when it came to me, it was kind of paler than I expected and as my mother helpfully adds, the colour “washes me out”. And the wrinkles are, I guess, what you get…
Part two of my “build your dream dress” adventure, where we give up on using a pattern (and flat patternmaking) and drape the damn thing instead. I had…
Wintery prints are always great for Winter. I bought this Alaskan-themed/forestry/mountainous dress a few years ago from eBay for $20, thinking I’d have myself a fun, cheap dress…
What can I say about this dress? It was another one of those “easy win” type projects that sort of spiralled out of control at the finishing line.…
I love me some gingham. When a friend gifted me this vintage fabric some odd 3 years ago, I immediately knew I wanted to make a Marilyn-inspired dress…