The Vogue inspired dress #2

Remember this dress I made last year? I had seen a Vogue pattern at Joann's and fell in love with this dress and decided to remake it for my daughter. This is what I came up with last year.



I decided to make another dress using the same style but tweaked it a little. I made an A-line skirt this time instead of gathering it. I think it came out so much better. I also added a button in the back instead of a zipper. Again, I like this better.

So, what do you think?





I really still do love that ribbon in the back. Next time I think I will try it without the ribbon and see how that goes.

Amy Butler circle skirt dress

I love Amy Butler fabric! They are so bright and cheerful and so fun to sew with. I think it makes any dress, skirt, quilt or whatever you sew that much more cute! Earlier this week I took a break from sewing my pinwheels and headed to my nearest quilt store and found that they had Amy Butler in their discounted area. What! I was very excited and bought a couple of yards of several pretty prints. I went home and was just admiring my new fabric for awhile. Doesn't everyone do that?

So now what to do with this pretty fabric?

I've always wanted to try and make a circle skirt but didn't know how. So I hunted down on the web and came across this tutorial of how to make your very own circle skirt!

So here is my perfect cut out donut.



Instead of connecting the skirt with an elastic I created a bodice to make a dress instead.



Its a little big. I make sure I do that because I never know how long it will take me to finish sewing. Especially since I am still learning. But I think it came out cute!



Look, a perfect circle. Please ignore the play phone. My daughter would not sit still without her phone.



A look from the back.




And there you have it. Another dress to add to her collection.

60's inspired - Red Dress

Itty Bitty Dress

Yesterday I saw this tutorial from Made By Rae and was intrigued to read that this was a super duper easy dress to make so I gave it a go and Voila here it is. Just took me the afternoon to make!



There were a few things I learned while making this dress. One is that it is very important to snip along any curvy areas before you flip the fabric around.



See the difference? Smooth on one side and ugly and stuffy on the other.



I also attempted to make my own piping! Was pretty easy. Just cut about 1 inch strip of pretty fabric and wrap it tight around the piping cord and use a zipper foot and sew closely to the cord. Thats it.



Now its your turn. Try it and have fun sewing! Tutorial is on the right under Made By Rae.

White dress

I finally learned how to install a zipper last weekend and now all my little girls' dress has zippers and finally complete! Here is the lasted dress I made. This one I made last night.

American Girl dress

As soon as I saw this fabric it reminded me of sailing. With the heavy dark blue color and the little white polka dots, I fell in love. I knew I wanted to make a dress with a Nantucket theme to it.

I used McCall's pattern M5791 and just like my Vogue inspired dress, I played around with the bodice front and back. I also added a white trim to make it really pop. This was my first time doing this. I actually did a couple of firsts on this dress. Another first that I did was use a blind stitch. I wanted to not show the white thread on the hem so I tried this way. Loved it! The fabric itself was a bit strong and heavy so I thought pleats would be great to make. So I added pleats all around the dress. I think it came out cute! What do you think?

So why is my daughter not modeling this dress you may ask? I still have to figure out how to install the darn zipper! I don't know why but it is so intimidating to me! It is my last step in finishing this dress but for some reason I think I am going to mess it up and there goes the dress. I want her to wear it at church around Fourth of July weekend. I am just going to have to just do it! Wish me luck!

Vogue inspired

As I was at Joann's taking advantage of the pattern sales, I saw this and fell in love.



So I decided to go and make my own version for my little daughter. I used McCall's pattern M5791 and just played around with the bodice front and back.



I love the back of the dress with the cute bow placed at the top, so I added it on this dress. This took me awhile to figure how to do this.




I also loved the style of the front with the sleeveless bodice. It reminds me of the 60's. So I tweaked the pattern to create this style.



Now, all I need to do is add the zipper. I want to add an invisible zipper but I do not know how to do this yet. I will have to come back to this project later.



But so far so good! I still can not believe that I did this!

The polka dot dress

Since Memorial Day weekend I have been sewing non stop. Or at least trying to learn how to sew and trying not to get frustrated. I went to Joann's, used my coupons and bought some beautiful fabric (I love cute fabric) and easy patterns. I then went over to the library and checked out a few sewing books. I have also watched a lot of youtube videos on how to sew. So I guess I am ready to sew now. Maybe I'll be the next Vera Wang? I love her style. Or maybe CK, just love the simplicity in his designs. Who knows.... Hey, if you become my follower, you might be following the next superstar...!

Well since that weekened I have dove right into sewing. I have started lots of new projects. Whoohoo! I have only completed one though. Here it is.



I just love this lining I choose in this dress. I think it compliments the brown polka dot material well. What do you think?