Her friend who designed the dress really liked it and apparently there were sounds of *skwee!* heard round the high school... Or so I've been told.
I went to an American Sewing Guild meeting on Saturday morning and showed my boppy pillow. It wasn't as glamorous as some of the clothing the other ladies showed. OK - it wasn't glamorous at all! It's functional, ok? But WOW! We have got talent in our bunch of women! We brought 4 boxes of fabric to give away and because the other members must have been cleaning house over the summer, there were 5 or 6 tables loaded down with free fabric. So it was basically a feeding of the five thousand kind of thing. We came away with more than we brought...I got inspired by some free wool-like fabric and started cutting into it yesterday. I'm making the shorter (red) jacket of the two, minus the shoulder pads. In a brown/orange/black plaid. Lining up the patterns is proving to be a challenge. I just gave up on the sleeves trying to match. We'll see what happens! It doesn't require lining, but I'm going to anyway. Mainly because the fabric is a bit itchy... But it's all FREE!!! Unless I buy some funky buttons to go on it. I'll have to see if I have enough that look good. In the future I may line it again with some insulated stuff to winterize it. We'll see...
Wow - in this light, the orange doesn't match at all... IRL it's perfect! hmm.. Is that a red or a deep orange stripe? The orange swatch suddenly turned more yellowish/brown than the true orange that it is. JUST took another look to compare... I'll think I'll keep it. I'm thinking about making the bottom half of the lapel in a black wool. What do you think? The top half of the lapel or the bottom in a solid color? I want to kick it up a bit, so it's not just a plaid coat.
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I must pull out my sewing machine!!! Great dress!
Isn't homecoming supposed to be the last home game of the year? Ours is October 1st? It's crazy!!
The dress looks GREAT!
And, hello, I choose function over fashion, anytime.
Your daughter looks awesome in her dress. Free fabric - yippee!
Can't wait to see your jacket - so exciting.
Your comment on my blog made me laugh. You are always making me laugh. We enjoy hearing you complain about your kids, but I guess it's not what professors are looking for for their sewing students to read about. I didn't even know such a list was being compiled until they contacted me letting me know I was on it. To be quite honest, I was very surprised that I would be included in such a list but I am thrilled. I love to talk about my family more than sewing it seems; so go figure. But I guess I have a few blog worthy sewing-related posts.
Trudy
www.sewingwithtrudy.blogspot.com
Free fabric?! Oh my, that sounds like heaven! ;) The dress is adorable and the coat is going to be fab! Can't wit to see!
You really are talented. I can't do anything like that, I can fold clothes pretty well. That's all I got!
Looks great! Hope she had a wonderful time at the dance!
She does look great in that dress. I cannot sew at all, so I think your talent is awesome. Keep us posted on the coat progress.
I think the bottom half but I gave up on garment sewing so I might not be the best judge. :)
I have three sewing machines and I try to sew, honest I do, but I give up. My mother is a wonderful sewer!
The dress turned out fabulous! And that coat will be beautiful!
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