Welcome to my new sewing blog, that I just set up, just now, just for this challenge, so I didn't hog the Sew For Victory Flickr group feed with photos of me, because there are a lot, it's ridiculous, I know. PHEW. Long sentence. I am really bad at blogs, and have NEVER been able to maintain one. But I thought maybe I should set one up for my sewing creations, so here we go!
The dress I made was from the Butterick Retro pattern 5281. I call it my Lauren Bacall dress, because well it reminds me of Lauren Bacall. I DEFINITELY did some making do and mending on this dress. For one, when I started sewing it I realized I didn't have the right colour of thread, sooooo I just sort of used some I had laying around. Also, the fabric store had, like, 4 different shades of blue zippers, and NONE of them matched my dress, so I went with the one that at least sort of matched in a contrasty way. Sigh. Oh well, I am very happy with the results! There are supposed to be shoulder pads in the dress, but I didn't have any, so maybe I will add them later. In any case it looks good without them I think. My friend, so kindly took some photos for me. He took A LOT of photos (like 2000) so I narrowed it down to 26. I realize that's a lot, but I liked so many of them!! It was a beautiful day here in Montreal today, so we got some shots outside, and I really, really like them. Well, here they are!
I love these ones! The lighting outside was so beautiful!
I know the Pan Am bag isn't very period accurate, but we threw it in just for fun, and I like the way the dress looks in this shot.
Until next time! Hopefully I'll be able to keep up with this thing.
x.
Hannah
What an awesome dress! The styling is perfect and I love the sleeve detail.
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Seams Unbiased
Thank you! You are so sweet! xo
DeleteWow, gorgeous photos! I do hope you keep your blog around because it's so fun to meet other seamstresses through blogging. It's my favorite part of being online (plus it keeps me motivated to keep sewing!). You did an awesome job on the dress and I'm so happy you had fun with the challenge :)
ReplyDeleteThank you! I will definitely try and keep up with the blog. I have a bit more motivation to, if it's for my sewing. I can't wait for the next sew a long! Seems like a lot of the same ladies participate in various other ladies' sew a longs around the internet! Its like a virtual sewing circle. So neat! :)
DeleteSo pretty! The shape is so flattering and sharp, and I love the buttons and the hooks and eyes on the sleeves. I really like all your photos, too. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Becca! You are too kind! There were a lot of little details on this dress that make is so fun, and that you could vary, to get a whole different look.
DeleteAhh i love it so much, it looks lovely on you! I got the same pattern for a school project and i have a question about the sleeves. I've only had 2 years of sewing so please excuse my lack of knowledge, i looked up a few videos of slip stitching since i didn't know what it was and basically its hand sewing, and i want to make sure thats what you did because i forgot the sleeves in school and i am about to connect the skirt with the top and i'm thinking of doing the sleeves later on.
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