Ewww What is this Frugly Dress?

As you all know I can laugh at myself and my mistakes. This dress when I first started was frugly! I had to take pictures just to post them here. Sometimes I don't know what I'm thinking. It looks frumpy and dated! Needed some serious modifications.

First thing I did was shorten the bodice, then I modified the neckline and added some horse tail to the skirt so it would lay more flared. It went from frumpy dumpy to super cute and fun....if I do say so myself. I would love to offer polka dot dresses but the fabric is really tough to find. I'm doing another one, but I had the fabric in stock.

 Bodice detail. So much better!

This is my first veil. I know you can't see it well, but I thought it would be really rude of me to try it on and take a picture. It has three layers, tulle, the polka dot fabric and tulle again that can be pulled over ther face. It is a shorter veil. I hope I get some pictures to see this dress on a person. 

A Busy Girl the Woes and Triumphs

I can't believe I managed to do so many dresses last month and this month is just as crazy. Stay tuned as I update you on my woes and triumphs of last month and this coming month. I have learned some valuable lessons about people and business last month and I will be sharing them through out the month to try to catch up. It has been very disheartening and frustrating at times dealing with things and I think a lot of you will be shocked at some of the things I share, but I will get into later. Right now I want to start with Happy Sewing stuff!.

I recently shipped out a wedding dress inspired by Marylin Monroe in Gentle Men Prefer Blondes. My client wanted the neckline altered and the skirt she asked to be 25". I love how the sleeves turned out, though my pictures never do the dresses justice.

I'm super excited that all 5 of my dark purple dresses fit and worked out. Even the maternity one was a crowd pleaser. My customer has promised me pictures so I will share them as soon I receive them. She is going to let me use them for my shop and my blog. She is a professional photographer. You can check out her site here.

Congrats to Amy winner of Vogue 1094

I bet you all thought I forgot about you. I've been so busy and missing my blog. I had a give away for Vogue 1094 and the winner is Amy! Congrats to Amy, I hope you enjoy the pattern.

My first maternity dress

I'm finally done with the five dark purple bridesmaid dresses. We had to wait until the last minute for the maternity dress. This is the first maternity dress I've made. She was concerned about standing out too much, but I think the dress next to the others is going to look wonderful. Plus she is just going to shine as all mothers to be do.

The first pictures I posted of these dresses did not have the roses. They all do now. I still like the twisted detail though, but it will give brides options to the look they prefer.

It has been an up and down August and mid September. Happy customers, unhappy customers etc. I'm still very behind, but hope to meet my dates. I have four dresses to complete by the end of the month. I did put my shop in vacation mode, but the day I did I was in Etsy Finds! I was so happy! In the three years I've been on Etsy this was my first time in their finds. I had no choice but to open my shop back up. You can't beat promotion like that! I made it to the front page once, back in 2009. It was not a dress but a computer mouse cover. I didn't figure out that I even was until a year later :)

Vacation Mode...hard decision

I put my two Etsy clothing shops in vacation mode tonight. It was such a hard decision to make. I'm overwhelmed with orders and deadlines.

For those that use Etsy it is going to be hard not to see myself in Treasuries or see that someone hearted my items or shops in my activity feed.

I need to concentrate on my current orders. I don't think I will be opening my shop up until January of 2012! I so wish I could hire a local seamstress to help me.

It may seem like I've been slacking but I've made a lot of dresses

Haven't had much time to post steps. Sorry about that. Here are some finished dresses though. Two are outside of my box. First up is a Gothic corset and skirt.

Then this is has a Renaissance vibe. At first she wanted the lace back without the modesty panel then decided to add the panel.

This is a new 1950's design for me. There are alot of piping details and contrast trims. I love piping and I'm pretty happy with how all these dresses turned out.

Happy sewing!!!

Pattern Giveaway! Vogue 1094

As a pattern hoarder I sometimes forget what patterns I have and don't. Vogue was on sale and I didn't remember having this pattern so I purchased it. When I went to put it away whoops a double! So for my followers and others that stumble upon this giveaway here is your chance to get a way cute pattern for FREE.

It is a size 6-12. Just leave a comment below with your contact information and I will use a random number generator on September 30th. International and US are welcomed to participate.