Reflections: The Sun

This part of my blog is not sewing related. Over here I share my reflections, thoughts and experiences...


The Sun


The sun rises from the east and sets in the west...



When the sun sets the moon and stars take over. Everyday.
That seems more like clockwork to me.
If it is "clockwork" is it then a random occurrence?
Won't be random if it has happened everyday for as long as man can tell.
If it is not random,
then is it planned?
If it is planned, by whom?

Red and Black check dress

Made this lovely dress using  Simplicity 4384. I just love most simplicity and newlook patterns.

 

This dress is not lined but finished using bias binding on the neck and armholes, I pleated the skirt instead of flare as on the pattern.  Seeing a trend with pleats??..... Overlocked on the inside.

Bow detail

I wanted to add a little something extra, was going to add two bows each at same place but got lazy and stuck with one. ha.

I do love taking pictures and toys but I like mummy's phone better. 

...And this is the back view, do you think its nice?

I'm very lucky that this dresses lines up. In fact I don't think in sewing one runs into the kind of luck I ran into by the dresses lining up. (normally if something could go wrong it does !) I completely forgot to watch out for the strips and make sure they lined up when cutting, was already joining seams when i remembered screamed, and checked...

...it all lined up. (almost lol)

Mummy's dresses are better than buying from shops, yippee!!

I do really hope.
Until next time, Adois.

White dress with wine bow

Simple n bold

I am in love with bows and flowers in case you haven't noticed.
I also love simplicity, that was why i decided on this simple but bold dress.

Original creation

I originally added the button row in the middle but that design lasted about 15minutes!!!  The girls ripped it off!

So I decided to just leave that feature out. Or do you think I should have put it back, more securely?

Makes funny faces when taking pictures.

This dress is similar to Z & E denim dress  and another version is Here.

I seem to fancy a-line dresses, lol. Anyway I am planning a summer coat for the girls and its also going to be an a-line design. I am really looking forward to it.

Hope you enjoyed reading. Nice to have you here.

Adios.

Green and Gold Dress

Saw this fabric in the shops and fell in love with it. Seems a bit dull so I decided to mix it up with some gold. Mixing up fabric is well up my street as you will notice soon. :-) The fabric does fray a bit (as in a lot) so I've had to overlock every bit of the inside.

 Can the see the gold 'infuse' on the sleeve? Copied the idea from a vogue pattern, would have added pictures but can't seem to find pattern image on their site anymore. The sun is making the fabric look faded, it does look better in real life.

Newlook pattern 6824 used. Bit of a mix and match of the princess seam, gathered sleeve detail and sash.

Back pleat detail.

Notice the 'look' of the back? That was also from another vogue pattern which has pleats at the skirt back edgestitched for about 5" in length only. This design is not so obvious from a distance due to the fabric pattern.

Don't ask me why i am wearing boots on a seemingly sunny day. lol

When I checked the weather forecast before leaving home it was supposed to be a cold day. As the day wore on, the sun came out and it got warmer. How embarrassing to be in such hot boots. lol


 Overall I am very happy with this dress, it took two days and was very uneventful. (isn't that what we always want.) I.e things went smoothly just as predicted. Well except for one little detail. I wanted full long sleeves with this dress, assumed pattern piece was, joined sleeves to bodice only to find out it was 3/4 in length, ha aha, but it still looked good.

Until the next inspiration, the next creation...
Adios.