Fashion Star

The only way I will ever be a Fashion Star is sew this maxi dress from the McCall's 6700 pattern.

a truly easy pattern to sew & I fell in love with the fabric so I had to sew it right away Merche, lol!

I was own my own for photographs today & my remote for my dslr needed a new battery so these photos are not the best.

The bodice I sewed at night & only realized the next day when I went to iron that I did not set the tension properly for this fabric....so puckering & a mess :(
This fabric also frays a lot so unpicking my stitches not an option.

I bought the last 2.5 meters of this sold out fabric so I am wondering how to fix this....any ideas?

The skirt pieces of this pattern were huge & the tie belt took a large part of the fabric but I love it.

The shoulder ties were the opposite, so small that I could not turn inside out......so I made a chain strap (leftovers from a purse project).  I sewed it on by hand.

Could not get any decent photos of the back but here & you can see the fraying.....

this was how most of my photos turned out today

Sew you later!

~DeniseAngela~

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Make it Wear it

easy Vogue

 I have been sewing this summer just was not up to posting but now that summer is over I finally found the time to post this easy Vogue 8380 project.

 

 I used this cotton batiste that I already had but it it was not enough so I had to cut the fabric a little different than the pattern.

I learned a few new sewing techniques from this project such as understitching the armhole facings....it made a neat stitch & finish.

This will be a around the house dress or nightgown though because even with my careful measuring the bodice was a little small.   I will be making this dress again for next summer because I really like the style!

Sew you later!

BellaDonna Flower Dress

This dress has been awhile in the making.  My inspiration for this dress is the Bella Donna flower that grows in my front garden every summer. 



It is a beautiful white flower that has a heavenly scent.  I like wearing white and I made the strapless ruffle bodice last May.  I also like the 1960's shift dresses so I also thought of that when I was putting it together.  It was one the first dresses I made without a pattern but I did not like it on its own, so it sat in my unfinished pile.  The material is a soft sheen cotton & is so comfortable to wear so I did not rip it apart. 

When I finished my Tulle Skirt I thought of this dress and decided to make an overlay.  I used the McCall's 6199 pattern but I changed it quite a bit so I basically just used the sleeves & neckline from the pattern.  I also took in the sides to give it more shape.

For the hem I added more length to give it better drape at the sides.

The overlay is a sheer fashion fabric with little hearts.  My fave!

I did a double rolled hem at the bottom.

The white bella donna is one of my fave flowers that I love and during the winter I like to buy a couple to put in my sewing studio as inspiration.  So while I was making this dress I was surrounded by the beautiful aroma of this flower.

It is also my 45th birthday in a few days so I needed to finish this white dress to wear on this black day! lol
 I feel truly blessed with a caring loving husband, & three beautiful daughters that on this birthday I really feel I have enough material items & I would rather just relax & spend the day with them!  All of us dressed in our Sunday best of course!




But my true inspiration for this special post are:

The Princess

 The Model

and Mini-Me

& my elusive husband who does not like to be in pics!

This is my Fashion Friday project this week!

Have a great weekend!