getting ready for school and with school starting for all four children. There has not been much time for sewing.
Well... I'm BACK!!!!!I am now cutting myself a little time everyday to my sewing. It is wonderful to have an hour after the lunch dishes are done and before I pick the kids up from school to sew. Way back in August I signed myself up to do a sewalong for the Sewaholic Saltspring dress. Every day was a new step. Well needless to say my competition was the weekend of the 16th (and the start of the sewalong) and it took me a week after to step anywhere.
Then school happened with all the craziness that comes with it and here I am.
Finally, I worked everyday for the last two weeks and I am all done.
What can I say about this pattern. It is wonderful. Tasia at sewaholic is a genius. She creates patterns for pear shaped bodies and really takes the time to make patterns for everyday wearing. This dress is made from 3.5 yards of Valori Wells Novella rayon challis called "Aqua Rain" from Fabric.com. It is smooth like butter, with little aqua and yellow "raindrops" all over. I almost didn't want to cut it, but pet it for all time, it is that soft.
I cut a size four top and a zero bottom. I also made attached straps instead of two that you tie together. I think it made it more of a grown-up look were as the two ties reminded me of the sundresses I wore as a kid in the 80's.
Also Tasia thinks of everything for the cool blousing. The outside is cut bigger then the lining which make no showing of boobage, because of this cool effect.
The zipper also goes in in a really cool way and I didn't have to make a separate casing for the elastic (which I hate doing by the way).
My only regret is that I did not line the skirt. This fabric is SUPER see through. Like Princess Diana on the nursery school playground see through. Good thing for me I still own a slip from a million years ago that is not to heavy to wear with this awesome dress.
I could just go on forever, but my next project is calling my name.....
