A Few of the Interests That Happened This Past Week

I'll start with the dress that seemed to take me forever to finish. Not because it took that long to make, but because I kept setting it aside and working on other projects. So, I focused an little here and a little there and changed the dress design just a bit. On the original draping of the fabric on the dress form I had a piece of fabric swinging across the front of the gathered bodice, that didn't work on the finished dress because of how the color of the fabric ended up. Below you can see the mustard color should fall just below the rust color...

Fabric on Dress From

On the finished dress the front panel would have fallen just above the rust on the waistband and there would have been to much of that color, so I just left it off.

So, this dress is technically finished and is ready to be worn out for a fun night.

Another fun project(s) I am going to be working on is turning this stack of fabric into summer dresses. The fabric was $1.00 a yard 100% cotton and yes needs ironing, I may start working with knits soon.

Most of these pieces are 3 yards, you never know how much you will need until you find the right design.

The cheetah print laying across the top of these fabric pieces is chiffon and I am thinking a slouchy blouse.

Also, went to an estate sale and picked up some goodies for my shops....

I love kitsch

So what I found, a 50s crochet apron, embroidered pillowcase, Laura Ashley scarf, 80s duck tie, 70s white plastic wall sconce (I got 10 of these in various shapes) and gold wall plaques too, aluminum ice bucket, Anchor Hocking juice pitcher, a pink nut chopper, 8 yards of white cotton fringe, plastic egg plate, 80s gold tone black enameled necklace, silk Vanette Creation peacock scarf, and these last two are not vintage, but very nice, a grey wool pleated skirt from Scotland and a black satin gown from Brittany Creations (David's Bridal)

The black satin gown

Oh, and I finished one necklace from the shell beads....

 

 

This one is not quite done, I wanted to add more depth somehow

Can't wait to see what interesting happenings are coming this week. Would love to hear what fun adventures you had this past week.

Beautiful Necklace and Earring Win

I just had to share with all of you this beautiful necklace and pair of earrings I won from Fools and Jewels blog. Cynthia Thomson is designer and creator at Divapixie, at Artfire and her DivaPixie shop at Etsy. I can't describe how beautiful this necklace is in person and how lovely it is wearing, Cynthia did such a wonderful and skillful job of wiring these beautiful beads for this creation. Be sure to check out her shops and give her some love. And, read her blog about her as the featured designer in Beads Trend magazine, what an honor and well desired.

Copper wire wrapped necklace red and pink quartz 

 

Carnelian and red quartz drop earrings in copper

 

Thank you Cynthia!

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