Happy Sewing!
Two years ago, when we were still living in Fort Bragg in our little cabin under the redwood trees, when Goen was still a tiny being in my belly, when I was still able to safely lay out large pieces of material without worrying about little hands, when... Anyway, back then, I cut out pieces for a dress I wanted to sew. For various and myriad reasons, I didn't get to the actual sewing part. Then we moved and I lost track of it. I found it again while going through a box of sewing stuff and got to work on finishing it. The pattern is Simplicity 2690. I cut the pieces for the dress-length, but added two inches to make it long enough to hit the top of my knee. I didn't have enough fabric to make the sleeved version, so I made the sleeveless one. I like the way the shoulder is wide enough that it creates the appearance of a short sleeve. I was able to use more of my stash of homemade bias tape (I went a little bias tape crazy a while back). The weekend was too full to fit in even a quick photo shoot of me wearing it, but I'll post some as soon as I get my husband to the park and behind the camera. Until then, here are a few without me in the dress.
Happy Sewing!
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AdriAnne Buller
11/18/2014 12:33:50 am
Super cute! I think I may have to buy this pattern and make me one!
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Carley Biblin
11/18/2014 05:34:22 am
If you have narrow shoulders, I recommend altering the pattern to match. If I make another, I definitely will.
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Mom
11/18/2014 05:37:04 am
My dear talented daughter!! You have done well!!! Even with little helping hands!!
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Carley Biblin
11/18/2014 07:01:51 am
It's all those late nights I get now that I have a separate sewing studio. Yay!
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Carley Biblin
Hi. My name is Carley. I love to sew, craft, and create. As a Jane-of all-crafts so to speak, I enjoy sewing, writing, cooking, drawing, photographing. But the constant thread (if you'll excuse the pun) throughout my weeks is needle arts. Archives
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