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April 20, 2008
Costumey
I made this dress yesterday. It was supposed to be for the honeymoon, since Jamaica is pretty much the only place I can imagine a neck that low being ok. Well. I should have known that it would not be so easy.
I decided that it was pretty much unwearable without a modesty panel and that the gathery bits were really essential. Now, unfortunately, it looks more like a costume, though for what I am not exactly sure. I have yet to zipper/hem it, but here it is. I have only a little powder on, so don't be shocked when you don't see my eyebrows. I really have none without coloring them in.
EDIT: I think that the picture that was here is just too embarrassing, so I took it out. It's all cut up into shower favors now anyhow! Take that, ugly dress!
This little shirt, which I whipped up this morning, fared much better. So easy! So easy to wear! I really love that pattern.
For some reason I really dislike going down to the zipper store, so I will probably start something else before I finish the above dress. I mean, if it is even worth finishing. I suppose I could find a way to make it into a nightgown sans zipper. Maybe it would be less silly looking if I made the gathery things the same color as the rest of the dress? And the panel too? Hmm. I just don't know.
J just said that he wants to go to the zipper store. But he lied. He really wants to play Magic and videogames all day. What a shocker!
Posted by loyd0008 at April 20, 2008 01:32 PM
Comments
Villan,
Love the blue top and I actually have that pattern and a couple pieces of dupioni that I've been reluctant to cut into. I am going to give it a try.
I like the dress, but you are correct about the gathery things and the panel being the same color as the dress. This is an evening/dinner dress and the contrasting pieces are too informal.
By the way, I love, love, love the red dress.
Did you see David Tenant on the Graham Norton show, BBC America, last night? It was a hoot.
Posted by: patsijean at April 20, 2008 06:10 PM
I'm pretty sure that dress (the champagne colored one) is going on the scrap heap. I can make shower favors out of it. I bet I can squeeze a bunch of tissue holders out of that fabric!
Posted by: villain at April 20, 2008 07:00 PM
Awww, I was going to agree with patsijean. All in one color it would look great and definitely not like a costume.
Posted by: lsaspacey at April 20, 2008 08:59 PM