Custom Wedding Dress & Kimono Upcycled Clothes | オーダーメイドウェディングドレス&着物ドレス
I’m happy to announce that I’m participating in 1940’s swing dress sew-along that’s going on at Casey’s elegant musings! This will be my first sew-along, and I’m pretty excited! I really wanted to participate in Gertie’s Lady Gray coat sew-along, but I kind of missed the chance. Besides, sewing a coat is a lot of work and I didn’t think I could juggle with other projects going on at that time. I know there are a lot of sew-alongs going on, including men’s shirt sew-along by Peter at male pattern boldness, and Trouser sew-along by Sunni at The Cupcake Goddess, to name a few. I thought about participating in the men’s shirt sew-along, and give the shirt to my husband as a valentine’s day’s gift, but considering my husband’s uniform is jeans and a wife beater, I decided against it. Sorry Andy.
Schedule for swing dress sew-along can be viewed here, and pattern can be purchased here. I think the dress is very pretty, and has numerous possibilities for variations. I adore the wide waist band and cross over front. Cross over front might be good for nursing in the future maybe?
Right now, I’m thinking of making one in default pattern with pale pink polyester fabric for Spring.
I searched “swing dress patterns” on etsy for some inspirations for possible alterations. The bottom left, uses two different fabrics for top and skirt, and I think it’s a great idea for the 2nd dress. Also considering altering the neckline to make it like the 3rd one from the left, to sweet heart neckline.
Anyway, I will document my first sew-along experience here:)
Hello! How was your weekend? Mine went too quick. I have a day off today for MLK’s day, but I basically sat at a tax office to get my taxes filed all day long…sad. The weather was beautiful out, and I wanted to do something fun, but I really needed to get my taxes filed before I forget.
Here is a sneak peak of what I’ve been working on the past couple of weeks – mini Spring collection! I wanted to make a small collection and a lookbook of it before the baby comes. It’s “mini” because it will be a collection of dresses in 2-3 different designs, made in different colors and patterns.
The one below is one of them. I wanted to incorporate my favorite “cut out” detail, this time in the front, and sweet heart neckline. This black one is just a proto-type, and the actual collection will be in more Springy color, like lavender or light blue. The black one is available for sample sale in my shop, here.
I’ve worked with friend photographers to shoot for a lookbook in the past, but this time it will be my first time working with real photographer and coordinating with models and hair & make-up person. I’m excited, but it is a lot of work! The entire collection will be available sometime in mid February, so stay tuned:)
