Some fun stuff for lil 'ol me :)

[StacyCK]

Let's start out in my awesome kitchen shall we?  I made this cute apron for me.  All mine!  When I get home from work I usually don’t change out of my nice clothes before I start in on dinner.  I have on more than one occassion received tomato or olive oil smatterings on my white tops.  Time to make a cute apron!  I really like this fabric, so I made up a pattern (sorta)  and it is fully reversable.  Big pleats in this one.

Oh, and it you want to see the whole kitchen, I have a post up on Craftster on it here:  URL="http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=304630.0



This dress started out as just a simple shirred sundress.  I was hoping to wear it on the 4th, but it was a bit of a fiasco on it’s first turn.  It also took longer than I anticipated.  First, it took 5 or 6 bobbins worth of elastic thread, and just sewing that took a bit of time.  Then I put the straps in the wrong spot (again I need a dressform!), and had to redo them.  I thought it looked a bit plain, so I added two layers of ruffle on the bottom.  The long ruffle layers have rolled hems on each side, and I had to ruffle it by hand.  Another time consuming task to get them ruffled and even along the hemline.

Next, I thought it needed something else, so I made an obi-style belt for it.    It was the first time I made one, and I think I drafted it too wide and too long.  It has interfacing on both sides and many rows of stitching of the interior.  It was a learning experience, though, and I enjoyed the process.





I made these next dresses last weekend from patterns.  The first one is from a Project Runway pattern by Simplicity #3530 and the other is Simplicity #3875.  I do like how they both fit, with an exception of the billowy front on the blue one.  I bet I could hide a good 6 month baby bump under that.  Oh well.  I really like the fresh looking fabric and it was time consuming with lots of pintucking on the sleeves and the front.  It even has a zipper in the back that doesn’t look too horrible.  The pink one is so very pink…and bright…I’m not sure where to wear it yet.









Thanks for looking and any comments  

[LiveLongandCraft]

Really cute stuff. I want that first dress so much. I wish I could reach through the computer and grab it 

[Megzy818]

i love all of these but that pink dress looks amazing with your hair and skin tone, my goodness!

[Belladune]

that apron is so rockin'!  I love it!  And those dresses?!  wonderful.  great work. 

[sandal43]

Excellent job on all of the dresses and the apron.  I love the pink dress....All of your stuff looks amazing on you...

[Ludi]

Beautiful dresses and beautiful you!  I especially like the first dress, with the ruffle.

[Cheyenneswthrt07]

Stacy, you,  your kitchen and  your dresses are stunning!!  Great Job!!!

[tkyro57]

Beautiful! The fabric choices for the dresses are stellar, and they all look really well made. Well done! 

[StacyCK]

Thanks so much everyone! 

The first dress with the ruffle, I'm not a huge fan of how it looks on me (all that extra fabric on top makes me look bigger), but I love the fabric so much.  I wish I knew what type of fabric it was.  It is heavy but very drapey and pliable.  It's gorgeous.

I think my favorite is definitely the pink dress.  It's super comfy, too since it is a polyester knit.  The pattern calls for cotton for the dress, but I think it lays better with a knit.  I did use cotton for the waist band, ties, middle part and neck bias facing to give it better structure.  I made one before from the same pattern only a little different top part (look at my past topics to find it if you are interested).  It's a good pattern to have.  It went together pretty quick, too...maybe three hours??

Again, thanks!  I really appreciate the compliments.

[becgordo]

Really beautiful work!  I think the yellow shirred is gorgeous on you--the addition of a more pronounced ruffle on the bottom definitely balances out any worries you may have on the top.  The fabric choices are all lovely--the blue/white is so fresh and the pink looks lovely on you.