The dress!

As it has been half term this week it has ment that i have been able to do some sewing!Yeah! I also have had time to be a domestic goddess and make lots of cupcakes with delicious toppings!But hey ho back to the sewing because if I eat many more then I won't fit in my current projects :)

At the moment I am making a floor length dress from a Vogue pattern and I was advised to make a practice one because I hadn't made it before and I want to wear the end result to some weddings this year. I am using a brown crepe back satin that has a nice shimmer on it for my practice with a plain brown as the lining, I have managed to complete the bodice with only one bit of help from the lovely Mum and Jeanie-G (my granny- who i'm finding is an encylcopedia of sewing!) and now I have got to sew the skirt to the bodice-eeekkkkk!Hoping it all matches but feeling quite chuffed I have got this far.

For my 'proper' dress I went to Fine Fabrics in Harrogate and the lady who works there was lovely. Really patient with me and I have picked a grey silk with a white and black pattern on it with a grey non-static lining. It is gorgeous and I am really excited about using it! The silk is Italian and just looks beautiful!> Hopefully I will get pictures on tomorrow because T is going to help me do it!

Starting off

Well I am trying some new things at the moment I have never blogged before so we will see how this goes!
In September I started a sewing course in dress making to be able to make my own clothes as I like different bits and wanted a hobbey! I wanted to show what I have been learning but also thought if I blogged about it then I could get tips from others!

SO what have I made since September,
1) a jersey dress that was a pain to make because of using a 37year old ELna machine that like to jam with Jersey material! it doesn't fit me very well but i did manage some pockets.

2) I then made a skirt with some gorgeous material from my Gran with a pattern that my lovely friend Catherine got me from a vintage fair. I'm proud of this because i added a zip made most  of it on my own and used an overlocker AND i've actually worn it out of the house!
Before making number 2 I got bought for Christmas a lovely Janome sewing machine which is lovely to use.

So that is what i have made so far! I will put pictures on to show you what I have done as soon as I can work out how to put them on here!
Bye for now
Learner