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Sunday, 19 June 2011

dress done

 Not a great photo, but i finished the dress. It has turned out 'ok'. i can wear it, it fits, but it is not perfect by any stretch. I found the fabric quite hard to sew with, and my machine didn't like it either. Many a redo. I did sew a whole sleeve on with out realising that the thread had snapped again right at the start! It did like to pucker up too.... but not in a kissing nice way!
Shhhhhhh don't tell my son - i managed to take this quite pic of my son wearing my dress - before sleeves were put on. He made me promise not to use it! I was meant to go to a boot fair and put some stuff on ebay but time ran out on me. I have to make a scraf tie thingy for someone at work now. Hope you all had a lovely weekend. x
Posted by MissGinger at 19:05

11 comments:

  1. Mrs Flying Blind...19 June 2011 at 20:06

    You are a bad mummy - but a great and persevering seamstress!

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  2. two bones and a bagle19 June 2011 at 20:54

    one to keep for the future. Love the dress.

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  3. Used-to-Bees19 June 2011 at 22:14

    The dress looks really sweet - well done for persevering with the pesky material!

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  4. Unknown19 June 2011 at 22:32

    ;-))) Bless you i wont tell him ;-)) Hope he doesn't read your blog ;-)) Great dress it looks lovely. My machine does the same when i am sometimes making my dresses that is why i have given up with it for the time being its so much easier to sew by hand. It needs a service. So glad you didn't give up though ;-)) dee x

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  5. The Vintage Knitter20 June 2011 at 08:19

    The dress looks lovely; even though the material turned out to be hard to sew with, its still a gorgeous design.

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  6. Vintage Jane20 June 2011 at 09:23

    So clever ... a lovely dress in the prettiest fabric. Just watch you son doesn't wreak revenge!

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  7. Scarlett20 June 2011 at 12:24

    The dress looks lovely - and great picture for the 18th birthday ;o) Scarlett x

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  8. Mrs. Exeter21 June 2011 at 16:21

    That's so pretty - the fabric is wonderful isn't it, and the dress is a lovely shape and looks like the sort of thing you'd wear loads. Really lovely, and the photo may be useful if you have to blackmail your son sometime in the future. xxx

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  9. Pippin Lane23 June 2011 at 11:14

    What a pretty dress, the fabric is beautiful too, ooooh I want to make some clothes sooo bad! But have not found the right material yet....
    Nattie x

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  10. Ava24 June 2011 at 09:31

    Hi Verity :) Did you know we are kind of blog sisters...in an international sort of way ;) Both with blogs designed by the very clever Happy Loves Rosie... I'm now following your clever blog ( love the fabric you use on your dresses!) Hoping you might follow mine xx Ava

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  11. Caroline Lovis (Redneedle)25 June 2011 at 13:57

    Glad I found your blog. The fabric you have used is lovely and the dress will be perfect for summer - when we actually get there, you have been very brave publishing the photo of your son

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