Merry Christmas to all of you! I’m sharing some photos today of my sister wearing a “vintage Hallmark Christmas card”- inspired dress that my mom made for her a couple years ago, and thought you all might appreciate the festive vintage look! 🙂 Swing on by my blog- Mode de Lis– for more photos!
Gretel made all the faux fur accessories- detachable collar and cuffs, muff, and pixie hat! I’m hoping that if I ask very nicely she might let me wear it on Christmas…. 😉
Christmas eve is almost upon us and here I have a festive feast for your eyes.
The Simplicity 2602 all made up and worn for my work Christmas party (and soon to be seen on Christmas Day!).
I have to confess that I made the choice based on something quick to whip up (relatively speaking) and the lack of messing about with sleeves when I knew how busy I’d be in the weeks running up to the date I needed to finish by.
I picked a medium weight cotton from Benartex (Let It Snow) available from Plush Addict. I went for a good 4 metres and I was very happy in the end that I did.
I pinned out the pattern and up came a quandary, mainly that the pattern doesn’t repeat itself often enough.
It meant a lot of pinning and re-pinning before cutting and I had to deal with the sides seams not matching (I decided the back was much more important due to the side closure and the split).
So after holding my breath and cutting while crossing my fingers and every available part of me (I don’t often sewing with patterned fabric!) it was done.
I pinned the darts and pinned to my dressform and was already very happy before I even started to sew it up. Sewing was relatively easy apart from the back, which I had managed to get a tiny bit out of sync.
Yet again my seam ripper became my best friend and I opted to sewing on the fold down the back rather than try (for the umpteenth time) to match the seam.
I don’t think you could obviously see it due to the pattern but decided even if you could I’d give myself a break and not give too much of a monkeys.
So on I went, and the rest was relatively easy, the split was a breeze and the side zip went in with ease. It seems that a break away for a while has done me some good. Eight and a half hours later and I was done, pressed and ready to go.
I wore at the office party, looking way more dressed up than everyone there BUT it’s Christmas and if you can’t wear a lovely sparkly dress for a party what can you wear it for? Here it is in all it’as glory!
Better photos to follow after Christmas day and on my blog – wait until you see my hand embroidered napkins and table cloth!
Wishing you all a fantastic festive season, a wonderful Christmas Day and much love and happiness with your friends and family. I’m off to ice my ridiculously boozy cake!
Merry Christmas!
