Sometimes its time to get out the sewing machine...
Several weeks ago a dress shop in town was having a blow out sale, as it turns out it was their swan song as well. In the window was this gorgeous knit LBD with a carmel colored leather hem. It was absolutely gorgeous. This dress shop was known to be very expensive, so I figured it was out of my price range. Blow out sale meant it was well within my means... IF I happened to be a petite XS person. As it is I am a happy Medium! The dress was so simple, in a smooth black jersey, boat necked, three quarter sleeve. I got to thinking about it, and my thoughts said to me, you could make that dress yourself.
I went web hunting and found this beautiful deer skin that is a dark chocolate suede on one side and a slick carmel on the other.
I dug into my old pattern stash and found this very simple Donna Karan pattern with three views, I can easily use the boat necked dress bodice with the the three quarter sleeve...
Here is my rendering of what the dress will look like when I finally find the right weight jersey. This is what has me stymied in this process, most fabric stores that I have easy access to happen to be JoAnn Fabrics or quilting fabric stores. I am probably going to make a special trip up to Britex, which can be very dangerous...
Additionally I am having a very old sofa recovered in a gorgeous dark blue herringbone fabric (supposed to be very dog resistant!!! Whoot!). We live in a swamp of mismatched throw pillows, and so while my mother and I were shopping for the sofa fabric we found this bold print at Calico Home. Of course they offered to make throw pillows, not knowing that I can sew a bit.
My thought is to center the design in the middle of each pillow, and use big wooden buttons as the closure on the back.... Hunting for the buttons now.
I love this view of a bolt of fabric!
In knitting news, lots of swatches have come off the needles, but as of yet no finished projectss.
