25 February 2009

a dress

I've also not been blogging because I've been working on a dress. Dan's sister Sara is getting married soon. She's not having bridesmaids so I get to pick my own dress. I decided to make one out of all that linen I bought a few weeks ago. I found a pattern for a dress I've been dying to make since I saw it in J. Crew a long time ago (like maybe 10 years ago).

Here is a similar dress (though the one I cut out of the catalog was white linen). I'll also added sleeves.





Here's the pattern I found. I didn't want the skirt as full so I used a skirt from another pattern. I also widened the band around the middle so it looks more like the J.Crew one. I also added a little more to the neck near the shoulders.





So far it's turning out well, but I forgot about sewing linings and how you should make a separate dress instead of sewing the lining with the dress. I don't know how to explain it but I did it wrong and now I'm having to take most of it apart and resew it another way. It's a hassle. Maybe I'll show you a picture when it's all the way done. Here's what it looks like so far.


7 comments:

Doug & Stef said...

It looks way cute - I can't wait to see the finished product! That color I'm sure will look so good on you too.

Kate said...

I'm still a million percent impressed with your amazing sewing skills. You know, some of us have zero talent in that arena. Looks lovely!

Pants said...

seriously Leigh, is there anything you can't do? so do you have a dress form, how the heck do you fit it to your specs?!

Amy Jo said...

Ok you are definately the most talented person I have ever met. I have spent days looking for curtains for Chloe's room, thinking it will cost more to make. Maybe you could offer me some advice. I love the dress! Can't wait to see it done! Love ya and we missed ya'll at JCW's.

Marianne & Clayton said...

The dress looks great- but I can so sympathize with all of the lining headaches. The last thing I lined was my wedding dress, everything else just gets an extra slip. Good luck with the re-working! I hope you post pictures of you in it at the wedding.

Annie said...

Leigh! I love this dress! You are amazing. So I found you in the blogging world and just wanted to say hi! Hopefully, I'll see you guys soon!

sara said...

Hi Leighleigh -- haven't heard from you in a while; how's everything going? Are you going to model that dress for us? So pretty. Talk to you later ~Sare