I just finished this last night (well… I still have the hem to do but otherwise it is finished)

I LOVE this dress… it took me about 6 hours in all over the span of about a week….

I wasn’t sure about how it looked when I just had it on the hanger but when I asked Colin to try it on I saw that it turned out better than I hoped… I will be putting it on my new website to sell, along with a new skirt that I made…

shirred back…

decorative topstitch…

yes… I used my son to model… lol

and the skirt… (again needs to be hemmed)

back with elastic and a tie…

eta… they have already been sold… and I have had requests for others!

I really wanted to sew a skirt for my good friend Gen…

There was a lot of trial and error in this one but I finally finished it and I am really happy with the result…

It is a 6 piece gored skirt with knit waist, made with chocolate corduroy and an embroidered linen…

A friend of mine’s daughter had her 5th birthday party over the weekend… I didn’t know what to buy her but wanted it to be special… even though my friend and I don’t see each other often anymore we met at the birthing center when pregnant with our first babes and we learned a lot from each other and shared a lot of laughs and some tears…

So I made this on Friday….

I just finished this tonight..

Front (I shortened it a bit after the pic was taken) and side

it has a large spin!

and the back…