Last week I played bunco at the home of one of my neighbor’s. She is a master seamstress and her daughter’s wedding dress was on the dress form in their living room. It was glorious. She had sewed over 1,000 pearl and crystal beads onto it, and it sparkled so beautifully in the late evening light. She told me that she had about a month’s worth of work in it. As a master of her craft, she didn’t use a pattern, only being inspired by a $5,000 dress. Her daughter is very lucky, and I was serious wowed by the amount of work and skill that went into that beautiful dress of lace and satin. Of course, she is making the 4 bridesmaid dresses, the flower girl dress, her mother of the bride dress and she is making the flowers. The wedding is at the end of the month, but I have no doubt she will get it done. I’m rather tired for her!
As for me, my sewing has been very simple and easy lately. I made a few skirts for me last week, and they were just that…simple. I even managed to model them…yes, I’m sure you are shocked. The pictures aren’t top notch, but at least I got them taken. I made the skirts with a cotton-lycra blend and they have just enough stretch to them. The waistband is just jersey with elastic. Super comfy!
Then I made Anya a skort for the 4th of July. She wore it long enough to ask if she could change into her swimsuit. The t-shirt I appliqued, as well.
Here she is telling the puppy that is following her that she wasn’t going to share her deviled egg. 😉
That’s about it for me. I have a few summer dresses that I have all cut and want to make for myself. Hopefully I can start on at least one of them this week.
Right now I sew in our very unfinished basement. In the near future we are going to have a carpenter friend come over and take a look at it. He was recently laid off from his work, so we are going to have him work on finishing it up. We have big plans. We want a wine cellar, a 3/4 bathroom, a recreation room with a fireplace, and a craft/guestroom. Hopefully we can get most of it done. If nothing else, we at least want to get the wine cellar finished up and maybe the bathroom done. It doesn’t all need to be finished out right away, but getting the sheetrock up at once would be good. That stuff is so dusty! Eventually, I know I will be on a few months hiatus from sewing while everything is all torn up. It will be worth it in the end, but a long process. I don’t expect much will happen until closer to the Fall, though. Not to worry…I’ll be taking pictures through the process. 😉
Wow, hot momma. You have nice legs!
That skirt is a skort?? I always find skorts short but never long and always wished the long ones came with shorts. Nice.
Yea nice LLLeee—er SKIRT, I mean skirt….Sorry Rach if you read this I didn’t mean it!!!!
have a great day… LOL
I love the skirts you made for yourself. I am all about confy waistbands!!! Of course the skirt for Anya is perfect. The little blue ruffle really adds a lot. I am so jealous of your workspace. It will be so worth it when it is all done.
Those are fantastic skirts! And you do have great legs…I would definitely have to make mine longer…blech, legs not the best feature over here!
I think your ideal finished basement sounds amazing! Especially for those long winter nights…wine cellar, fireplace, crafts…yeah, that sounds perfect!
Yay for another home remodeling project! So fun!
And, you have the BEST legs…
LOL….love the look she is giving the dog/I feel the same way about deviled eggs 🙂 Cute outfit and I just had a big aha moment….as a non sewer (sp?) could I applique shirts? Does that involve sewing? Take it easy on me…I don’t speak sew!
Love the outfit and those skirts for you are so cute (nice to be comfy!).
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Great new skirts, you have been very busy.
What???? I have apparently been missing all your posts for the last couple weeks! I didn’t realize it until I saw your link at Carrie’s today, so I jumped over and saw a bunch of posts I never saw before! I’m resubscribed now. You have been one busy lady!
Your skirts are so super cute, and yes I agree – you have some fab legs!!
If you were impressed by the wedding dress, I’m sure it must be incredible. Wow! My mom made my sister’s dress, but it was pretty simple.
Cute skirts. I like how you have the wine cellar at the top of the list to be finished, I like your thinking.
Exciting!!!! More renovations!!!! Wish we could do some 🙁
I love seeing pix of you modelling your fashions! Sweet. Can’t imagine why any little girl would want to take that beautiful skort ofF!!!!! very 4TH OF jULY.
Fun plans for the basement.
You gonna love the new space when it is done.
oh your skirts turned out so cute ! and i’m sure that by the time anya is ready to get married, you will be able to sew her the dress of her dreams without a pattern !! cuz you got skills !!!
Wowser mama! Seriously those are beautiful skirts! I wish I had a talent like that…Really I do!