On May 20th, 2006, one of my closest friends will get married. To my delight, she did me the honor of asking me to be a bridesmaid! Hopefully I won't cry or faint or have the hiccups during the ceremony. But before the ceremony I need to make the dress, and that is what I've been working on today. 
I'm making an empire waisted, tea length dress with short, slightly puffed sleeves.
The picture above makes the fabric look bluer, the picture to the right makes it look more purpleish. It depends on the light. It is a lovely fabric, but rather unforgiving (seams you remove will show, and steam will ruin it!), so I was a bit nervous, but so far I haven't committed any unfixable mistakes. :-)
18 comments:
That is really pretty fabric. Great job with the pictures, Natalie.
You will look beautiful - a bridesmaid who makes her own dress! What a wonder you are! (Hey! Those orange scissors look so familiar - and I believe ours are missing too ... !! ;)
NO I'm not accusing you - apart from that fact that we are thousands of miles apart, scissors are like pens and socks - they have lives of their own and go off wandering to scissorland ... or sockland ... or penland ...! (It was just amusing to see such familiar scissors.)
The material is a georgous shade - I love blue! Wishing you all the best with the sewing assignment. Best wishes to the bride too.
Hey! Those orange scissors look so familiar - and I believe ours are missing too ... !!
Second the motion.
Hey, maybe orange-handled scissors (like socks) are another larval form of metal clothes-hangers. :) As they disappear, the hangers in the closet just multiply.
You will look beautiful - a bridesmaid who makes her own dress! What a wonder you are!
Concur.
That is really pretty fabric. Great job with the pictures, Natalie.
Once more, I concur.
Wow, I'm just sooo agreeable this morning, aren't I :)
What pretty material! Good luck!
"the hangers in the closet just multiply."
Ha. Not our family! I think we have too many dressy sort of clothing items, the sort that need hangers. If clothes hangers multiply in your closet feel free to send them to me...we always need more.
Sarie,
See here.
WOW! You're making your own dress! I could never do something like that! The fabric is very pretty! Good work so far.
Well, I wish my disappearing socks turned into clothes-hangers. As it is, they both disappear. Perhaps my clothes-hangers are actually migrating south, and therefore all of my clothes-hangers now have winter homes in southern Missouri.
"I love my family, my friends, my tea, and my Twizzlers"
--I concur also, like JFC, except the twizzlers part...... :)
I'm curious, where did that quote come from? Definitely not this page.
Choco:
The quote IS from this page.
The part about JFC does NOT imply that JFC wrote the quoted words, but that JFC is apt to concur with something someone else has written.
Quote of the Moment: "You have to wear a BURLAP BAG!"
A gunny sack, huh? So are ashes required with the sackcloth?
The quote IS from this page.
Since it is from this page, it must be a quote of self.
Chocolatier, they're referring to the sidebar. :-)
Mybelovedismine- no, only white ones, because they have the best camoflage. Perhaps there are pink daisy spiders, but I haven't heard of any.
JFC- thankfully, no.
Thanks for the clarification, Natalie. I see where they are coming from now.
Perhaps there are pink daisy spiders, but I haven't heard of any.
That's a good thing. If there were, pink daisies would get too frightened. :-)
Are you finished with the dress, Naddy? You should post a picture (even before the wedding).
I'm buying: funky socks
This would appear to be one of your favorite pastimes.
:)
making friends with a cow named Lizzy...
I was informed last night by Sir William that your brothers had informed him on Sunday of a new bovine acquisition. Judging by the name, I am presuming this is another dairy cow, and not a beef cow. Is that, indeed, the case?
Chocolatier- You're welcome. And I agree with you about the pink daisies.
JFC- wearing funky socks is indeed a favorite thing to do. :-)
At the moment Lizzy is a grass eater, which we need, and she's also a two year old heifer that could become another milk cow.
Thanks Daisy, Chiefbiscuit (who knows? Maybe they are your scissors?), JFC, Sarie, Lauren, and Loz!
Nate, I deleted your comment because of something I considered offensive on your profile. I have some young lady readers and I strive not to have any links on my blog that may be unsuitable for them. You're welcome to comment again once you've changed that section of your profile. And thanks, I like it too.
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