Throw Back Thursday

Well as it is Thursday I am going to do a throw back of a dress I made..... All the way back to last week. It has been so busy around my crazy abode that I forgot to show you my new dress. The pattern is Belladone Dress from Deer and Doe. This beautiful independent pattern design comes all the way from France and is printed on recycled paper and comes in beautiful packaging. The directions are super easy to follow and are clearly written and this dress has POCKETS. To me all dresses should have pockets.
 I cut a strait 38 as I have read from other blogs that this dress is strait forward. I through caution to the wind and did not make a muslin.

I made the dress with a left over piece of stretchy denim I bought from Fabric.com. I made it work from only about a yard and a half of 54 inch fabric. I also made the bias tape from a dress I SHOULD have made a muslin for and had to scrap.

Ok without further adieu (see there I used my high school French) is my awesomeness of a dress.

 

Please excuse my slouchy weirdness of this front view. My husband and I were taking these pictures quickly before we headed off to an appointment.

 

 

What more can I say about this pattern? Ok I can find a lot more... I love that it is sleeveless. Here in the Texas heat it is great. I always have a sweater on hand for the indoor places that freeze me out. I love that there are no facings or linings for this dress too. It is also some what plain in the front, but then you get this....

 

 

Here is a close up of this sweet feature.

 

 

Also here is one on my dress form that shows that the neck sits flat and not all wompy, like on the live model.

 

 

Well that's it for throwback Thursday and this great dress pattern. I know that I will be making more of these. I might try going with a fancy material next time....

 

 

 

 

How I Honor

I CrossFit. I love CrossFit and every so often we as a whole group we honor our fallen heroes. This is what I did today.

 

I was really hot here in North West Houston today, but it was nothing compared to what out men and women go through everyday in our armed forces.  So to honor them my partner and myself ran 400m with a 25 pound plate, lifted a 65 pound barbell over our head in what is called a thruster, jumped on a 20 inch box, and do burpees with a plate, as many times as we could for 31 minutes.

 

 

This is my partner and I BEFORE we started.

 

See how great we look. We are ready for with world with a smile. I was nervous. I am ALWAYS nervous before these types of workouts. I want to do better then my best for the people that died to let me live free in this country and I also want to do my best for my partner.

 

 

 

This is at the END of 31 minutes.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

These are from in between.

 

So there I will end this post as I could go on forever about how hard, HOT, sweaty, and fun this Saturday morning was.

 

Hello

Hello blogging world. This is my very first post and I am excited and a bit scared to get started. I wanted to introduce myself....
My name is Casandra. I live in the great state of Texas and I have four great kids and one wonderful husband. I am a domestic goddess that takes cares of everything from cooking to cleaning to being the underwear fairy. It is a lot of hard work, but I would not have it any other way.
I am starting this blog as mostly (90%) sewing and the rest (10%) everything else that comes along with my crazy life.
I hope to post a few times a week so stay tuned for upcoming fun as I am not the best at computer stuff and all that the blogging world has to offer.
If anyone ever has tips and tricks I am all ears.