Size: 6
Alterations: did a 1,5cm FBA following this brilliant tutorial; used the skirt of Deer and Doe's Sureau dress; moved the zipper to the side; lengthened the sleeves by about 3cm.
Fabric: a fantastic Liberty for Dsquared cotton batiste (made in Italy!) purchased via my sponsor Supercut.
Did I ever tell you I'm a HUGE procrastinator?
Well, I really, really am. So it's no big surprise that my entry for #SewDollyClackett (hosted by Rhinestone and Telephones) is going live a few hours before the deadline, even though I've known for two months that I wanted to take part!
Roisin has always been such an inspiration to me, so of course I wanted to pay tribute to her and make her a little virtual wedding present :D
I knew since the beginning that I wanted to use the Emery dress pattern (already sewn up once here), one of Roisin's favorites, but I wasn't sure about the fabric.
I needed a cute print for sure, so when Supercut got this unusual Liberty cotton in stock, I just knew it was perfect!
By the way, if you want it, go and get it now, because it's available in a very limited quantity. This stuff is pricey, but totally worth the price.
The fabric was quite lightweight though, so I lined the whole dress in white cotton batiste, which worked perfectly.
The dress came together pretty quickly, as I had already made all the fit alterations I needed back in November and didn't need to look at the instructions. For this version, I moved the zipper to the side because I hate the contortions that back zippers require, and I used the skirt of the Sureau dress because I wanted less volume than the original, but I'm not entirely happy with this choice. I think the original skirt of the Emery just gives a better visual effect overall, more harmonious.
I really wanted to take better photos for this little dress, at least posing in front of my house door, Roisin's style, but with so little time I had to compromise. I also wanted to wear a pair of kickass pumps, which are one of her trademarks, but I simply don't own any! I tried to compensate with my favorite (and most only expensive ones) peep-toes that I own.
But, hey, at least I'm grinning! It only took three years of blogging to post a smiling pictures of myself. I never, ever grin in photos for two reasons: first of all, I'm not a good actress, so laughing alone in front of the camera comes out forced and looks fake, and secondly... it's silly (and I swear I'm not fishing for compliments) but I don't like my smile!
But now I have two photos of me grinning that I like, which are also evidence that I'm not always so serious :D
So, did you guys took part in Sew Dolly Clackett? Which are your favorite projects?
I'm running to the Flickr group to finally spy what everyone else has been making, you should too!