I've had "Climb Every Mountain!", aka Sound of Music, playing in my head whilst sewing up the last bits of this dress for my youngest. The fabric is from Saffron Craig's Valley View collection and reminds me of snow topped mountains ... "The Hills are alive with the ..." - ok I'll stop now.
The bubble dress turned out just the way I wanted it to ... um ... except for the size. Turns out it fits my oldest instead - must have got my measuring tape in a knot!
Other than my mix up of sizes, the StraightGrain Peplum Dress Tutorial was easy to follow and I think I'll be making some more for my girls this summer (note to self - measure correctly!).
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The other song I've been singing along to is Michael Jackson's "Black or White".
As soon as I pick up two pieces of black and white fabric the song starts playing in my head.
Wouldn't be so bad except for the fact that I ONLY know the chorus - so around and around and around it goes ... I'm starting to go a little "Insane in the membrane" - oh ... make it stop!
Your WIP at Freshly Pieced will provide a much needed distraction!
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Your black-and-white is a piece of "wow". It took me more than a cursory glance to find the rules you used to make it up. I will certainly bear it in mind as an inspiration.
ReplyDeleteI love the black and white quilts and the houndstooth is awesome! I know about songs in the head while sewing ;-)
ReplyDeleteThe dress is gorgeous!
Thank you so much for using my pattern! It really looks gorgeous - what a great fabric choice! an
ReplyDeleteThank you An, your pattern was an absolute pleasure to use. Thank you so much for sharing it. I've noticed that a lot of the children's fashion stores in Perth (Western Australia) are stocking their shelves with bubble dresses for this summer coming 2013/2014 - so you may have a rush on people playing with your wonderful pattern. Seems you are very fashion-forward :)
DeleteI LOVE this dress! So so so great!
ReplyDeleteThat fabric is awesome. Love the dress.
ReplyDeleteThat dress is so cute! And my WIP is a houndstooth as well :)
ReplyDeleteOhh, I remember last week I couldn't figure out what the black and white was for and you told me hounds tooth... I admit I still couldn't picture it lol. This looks awesome and its so cool to watch it come together. The dress = awesome, my youngest (12) would love it! She is a huge dress lover!
ReplyDeleteI am stopping by from the WIP hop, hop by if you get a chance! http://domesticdeficitdisorder.blogspot.com/2013/07/wip-wednesday-july-24th-edition.html
Gorgeous houndstooth!
ReplyDeleteI took my baby on a saturday bang
boy is that girl with you
yes we're one and the same
Now i believe in miracles and a miracle
has happened tonight
but if you're thinkin' about my baby
it don't matter if you're black or white
they print my message in the saturday sun
i had to tell them i ain't secound to none
and i told about equality and it's true
either you're wrong or you're right
but if you're thinkin' about my baby
it don't matter if you're black or white
Lyrics from eLyrics.net
Fantastic! Now I can sing along a little more and not go crazy with just the chorus - my saviour!!! Tehe :)
DeleteGreat job on the houndstooth!
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