Oriental Fusion Fashion

For my senior prom the theme was oriental, I had initially planed on wearing one of the Chinese dresses that my dad got for me when he went there for business. But after some consideration I realized that it would be nearly impossible to dance in. I was certian that I would have to make something or not dress acording to theme (but that's no fun!) After doing some research on oriental clothing I came up with an idea how to renovate a modern formal dress into a hanbok/kimono cross. I had obtained an old bridesmaid dress from a friend of the family with the intention of remodeling it into a Victorian ball gown (which was later determined impractical because of the low back). I used this for the skirt. I modified a pattern I found at a fabric store for the kimono jacket (or if you prefer to be correct in your terms it would be a gi, but kimono jacket sound so much more elegant) and picked out some pretty oriental fabric for the obi (a.k.a. the sash) all tied up with the gold cord.

Oriental Fusion Formal Dress

Unsinkable Blog Giveaway!

Sorry about not posting for awhile, but I got rather bogged down with various assignments for college. Anyway I found this delightful blog that is having a giveaway at the moment, and because I thought you might want to know about it (also I get an extra entry for posting about it) here it is:
 

And the giveaway of this month is this lovely pattern from Sense and Sensibility Patterns

 

Isn't it pretty?

That's all the time I have for today, and I should get back to writing my speech on chocolate.... ugh!

Embroidered Books

Sorry about not posting for some time, things have been getting weird. Too much to get into right now, another post perhaps. Anyway I found these delightful and colorful classics,



I never thought that it would look nice to embroider book covers, but the end result is quite pretty I think. The only let down is that the cover of the book is only a photo of the embroidery. I thought that I might have a go at trying to make this covers and frame them for over my bed. Of course I shall have to work off the pictures but I think that I can manage, even if the colors won't be exactly the same. I will have to post them after a I finish!

Dress from Sabrina

I am in the process of making a replica of the dress from Sabrina, which I hope to enter in the Historical Inspiration Festival. I am using this pattern from simplicity's new vintage collection



I wasn't able to find the exact fabric that they had for the original dress but I found a very nice brown a teal plain which I will look very nice

I finished making the bodice and am now working on the darts in the skirt which is very tedious work. I hope I can finish it before the contest, and I will have to do a photo shoot (I've got the exact same style of bike, which will make for a pretty awesome photo shoot prop!) Till next time, don't forget to check out the latest post at the church basement!

Elbow-length gloves

Have you every made a dress for an accessory? Well I am. Last week when I was visiting my Grandma, I bought a pair of elbow length black gloves for only four dollars! The antique dealer was so kind!

So I have decided that the next dress I shall make is an evening dress to go with them, as I have been meaning to make one, but I could never decide on the color. So I think the best color that would go with the black gloves would be a dark wine color. Which will also go nicely with my long brown hair. I can't wait to start! I envision the dress to look something like this only a different color

It would multitask as my evening dress and dancing dress, so that I can justify making it. But I have to finish my other dress first, which is a plaid brown/teal jumper. Anyway I probably won't get to it until summer, still it's nice to have a project to plan for. Anyway I should go back to school work, oh wait, that right I'm done for the week! YES! *smiles smugly* That meaning I start sewing my jumper! I will post an update and pictures on that soon.