Dresses Galore...

So. The dresses (mentioned in a previous post) are done! done! done! :-D The results:














I've been wanting to make a kimono style dress for someone so I took this opportunity to do just that. (second photo)

Now keep in mind that I'm 5'1" she's 5 '11"; her bust is 4 inches smaller than mine; her waist is 2 1/2 inches smaller than mine; her hips are 6 1/2 inches smaller than mine. You can image how hard it was for me to get in and out of some of the garments to shoot these photos! I'm a bit smooshed in at the bust on some of the pics, but thankfully I was able to get in and out without tearing or stretching....with the use of a bit of acrobatics ;-). When I do custom work for people over a long distance who are smaller than I am, that's sorta my way to gauge things..."If this is too tight for me, then it'll work for ____." If the person is larger, I use a similar method, but I also have a curvaceous dress form that helps, too.

Also, since she's tall and some of the lengths of fabric didn't accommodate her height, i added contrasting pieces so the dresses would fall at or below her knees. Some she wanted shorter so they'd hit at mid thigh or a little longer.

I'll be uploading the pictures to my fotki soon so you can have a better look.

Overall I'm pleased with the outcomes. I just have to wait and get her feedback....

Delightfulness for All Involved...

*Wheeeeew!!!!* So far my day has been active and fun. For the last two Saturdays, I've been teaching a fashion styling class (for teenagers) through the continuing education department at the local university. Today we had such a great time! Since it was the last day, I wanted to make it lively, so last night was spent thinking up activities for us to do. It had already been confirmed that we'd have a style show to conclude the course. But I had to come up with some other activities for the meantime since the class was 4 hours and the show would only last 30-45 minutes.

Well, I made up a shoe designing project where I provided the girls with a cut out of a high heeled show, markers, colored pencils, fabric scraps , and various other craft supplies and left it up to them to jazz up the shoe in whatever way they wanted. I have a picture of them holding their shoes but won't post it here for their own privacy. I realized later that I shoulda taken a picture of the shoes, lying on the table. They were really neat. But! I do have a picture of the shoe I created so you can get an idea of what it was all about.



Aside from the orange, the whole thing was done with fabric glued to the cut-out. The piece in the middle is gold lamé. I like my lil shoe. :-)

We also played charades...but with words. (is that still charades??). The game was a knock off of one I played when in Atlanta. I can't think of the name of it though. Anyway, all the words involved were fashion related. It was really fun, and I was pleased to see how much the girls enjoyed themselves. I have some great photos from the style show that I'd love to share with y'all. I won't, though. ;-)

So in other news, I just marked down a whoooooole lotta clothes in my sewfly store. It would make me very happy if you went over and had a look. It would make me even happier if you bought something! Don't you want me to be happy?? I know ya do. ;-)

So. You're curious about what type of clothes I marked down?? Well, there are a few shirts over there similar to this one:

'Truth' Art Top: $12 in the shop.

Pretty cool, huh? Go have a look around. I'm off to continue my day of blissfulness.

peace!

School Days

Ancestral Delight: $40 in the shop!

When I was in elementary school I had this green floral print babydoll dress that I just adored so much. I wore it often cause there was something about how I felt when I was in it. I guess I can describe the feeling as 'grown-up' or 'womanish' or something like that :-) Me and that top were a force to be reckoned with. Who knew that I would grow up to be a designer of clothing and that babydoll dresses would be one of my most favorite things to create? I'm certain that the joy I get out of creating one of these stems from my experience with the green floral top I wore back in the day.

I was in Atlanta recently and noticed that a lot of girls were wearing short babydoll style dresses. I asked my girl Attallah was this a new trend. See, cause I create clothing but I'm sooo out of the loop when it comes to mainstream fashion. I'm just not up on it. Well, she informed me that these dresses were the new 'it' fashion item, which I think is pretty cool. The babydoll dress will always be a staple in my clothing design endeavors. So simple, so fly. :-)