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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.
