Images via alexandra grecco
I recently spotted this lovely new dress for pre-order Fall 2011 at alexandra grecco.
I love the off-the-shoulder neckline and the flutter skirt…I can’t wait to see her entire Fall 2011 collection!
Typhoon is Here
Hi everyone! Typhoon is here. It’s been raining since last night..I woke up last night not because Kiko was crying but because the sound of rain was so loud! Andy and I were thinking of going wind surfing this Wednesday, but it seems like we will have to re-schedule it for some other time.
Perhaps because of this crappy weather, I’m feeling tired and not motivated. I did finish a muslin for my friend’s wedding dress, but after that, I was done with sewing for the day.
I picked up this book shown on the left the other day at the library. It is like a sewer’s dictionary – it talks about things you need to know for garment making, drafting patterns, adjusting patterns, different sewing techniques and more. It is a 600 page book! I thought now would be a good time to review and revisit the basics and really go over the proper way of sewing, because I want to make a top notch wedding dress for my friend! So tonight I’m reading this book.
What’s on your reading list? What do you do to motivate yourself on a rainy, gloomy day?
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Windy City Dress Knock-off
Have you ever shopped at ModCloth? I myself have not yet shopped there, but I check their site sometimes because they have a great selection of pretty dresses. I wanted to show you the dress I recently made for my dear friend Naoko, and it is a ModCloth Windy City Dress knock-off. Naoko is a college friend, and not only do I love hanging out with her at thrift shops and fabric shops (Gaffney’s is my favorite thrift store found in the Germantown section of Philadelphia) , but she is also someone that I have a huge amount of respect for. She is extremely skilled with computers and web design. She is the one who made this website. On top of that, she has amazing thrifting skills!
Naoko got this vintage fabric seen below from her friend as a birthday gift and asked me to make a dress. The fabric is quite unique – I haven’t seen anything like it at any of the stores I frequent. It has a 60’s, kaleidoscope somewhat psychedelic feel to it. I was bad and kept delaying production. But I only did this because the fabric is absolutely one-of-a-kind, and I was scared to put scissors to it. But last week, I finally did it.
She wanted me to make a dress that would imitate the neckline of the Windy City Dress, but would not incorporate a waist band.
And here is the result…
What do you think?! I hope I made a respectable knock-off.
