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jaceyHaving shopped for wedding outfits for Number One Daughter's upcoming wedding I discovered that
a) I do not want to look like 'the bride's mother' (even though I am)
b) All the dresses available in the shops at the moment are sleeveless and short or strapless, boned and long
c) Dresses made for short, fat women are made assuming the wearer is at least 90 years old.
Aaargh.
So I dragged my old Bernina out of retirment and for less than twenty quid I've made an ankle-length, flared, blue (purply blue) dress and a shot-satin jacket that looks blue or purple depending on the light, (It's curtain fabric - and hey - there are some fabulous curtain fabrics areound this season. Much more interesting than the dress fabrics. I found a suitable pattern for the jacket, but had to adapt a pattern for the dress. It's a basic princess line pattern but I've inserted long godets to make the skirt flare even more and lengthened the sleeves to elbow length. I've made a clutch bag from the jacket fabric and made little leaf-shapes from the scraps and stitched them into a plain (cheap) black fascinator to customise it.
The jacket, hat and bag are finished. The only thing still to do is hem the dress.
a) I do not want to look like 'the bride's mother' (even though I am)
b) All the dresses available in the shops at the moment are sleeveless and short or strapless, boned and long
c) Dresses made for short, fat women are made assuming the wearer is at least 90 years old.
Aaargh.
So I dragged my old Bernina out of retirment and for less than twenty quid I've made an ankle-length, flared, blue (purply blue) dress and a shot-satin jacket that looks blue or purple depending on the light, (It's curtain fabric - and hey - there are some fabulous curtain fabrics areound this season. Much more interesting than the dress fabrics. I found a suitable pattern for the jacket, but had to adapt a pattern for the dress. It's a basic princess line pattern but I've inserted long godets to make the skirt flare even more and lengthened the sleeves to elbow length. I've made a clutch bag from the jacket fabric and made little leaf-shapes from the scraps and stitched them into a plain (cheap) black fascinator to customise it.
The jacket, hat and bag are finished. The only thing still to do is hem the dress.
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Date: Aug. 17th, 2009 03:23 am (UTC)I know what you mean about curtain fabric- they're often beautiful and wide enough to be very useful for sewing long, flowing things. I bet you'll look gorgeous in this outfit!
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Date: Aug. 17th, 2009 12:26 pm (UTC)A fascinator is one of those silly little hat things that isn't a real hat but does the job. It shoves into your hair with a comb and has all sorts of fur and feather bits sticking off it. It's very silly.
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Date: Aug. 17th, 2009 09:25 pm (UTC)I SO want to see a picture of you and your fascinator! I love those. If I could just get one to stay in my hair for more than five seconds (my hair is really slippery) I'd wear one now and then. That will look amazing with your hair.