Sewing for spring

On the sewing table this week I have a couple of beauty's. I'm still waiting on pay day so I can buy some lining and zips.. In fact stock up on the essentials that are zips and lining :) I'm really liking the new direction of how I design and what I want to make. A lot of designs I've been seeing lately are not particularly flattering to the female body so I really want to change that up, especially in my local area. The girls here don't really dress to suit their body to put it nicely.
 Anyway onto the dresses, the main design I will be doing will be the classic tea dress, I love this style purely because every woman looks great in it, nipped in at the waist to show those curves and depending on the cut of the bodice you can have some cleavage on show or you back on show.

Sorry for the poor quality pictures, I will one day take exquisite photo's but until then you'll have to deal with my poorly edited Iphone pics. This dress is stunning in person and it isn't even completed yet, it's a white fabric with a lilac floral motif as well as a hidden white damask print, it is a lot more subtle in person but the flash made it stand out more.

This next dress is a gorgeous fitted pencil dress, I think that's the correct term anyway. This dress needs a lining because the fabric is quite thin but how amazing is the print! I thought the floral motif would be too much but I think its just perfect and when I thought I only had a small amount left I found a tonne in my fabric box!! Amazing!

Long time no post...

Sooo it's been forever since I last posted, I have a considerable amount of time on my hands these days so I feel maybe I should give the old blog thing a go again. Nothing new has happened in my life really apart from the fact I have left college.. Very sad I know because I had this vision I would be the weird artsy kind of kid like Mollie Ringwalds character in pretty in pink but alas no. I am however still pursuing the dressmaking dream. I have my vision and an idea of where I want to be in the future and as much as learning fashion illustration may well be a great asset to my skills, I wasn't really interested. I learn by doing so here I am part time Sainsbury's employee, part time dress maker trying to fulfil my dream as a cute boutique owner and maybe a fashion/art pioneer of my generation (Yes I have been listening to Artpop to death, so I'm heavily influenced and inspired right now)

Anyway, please excuse this photo, I will be taking decent pictures in the future but et voilà, my first dress finished ready for a christmas party, it's a blue and green tartan skater dress with a couple of layers of navy tulle underneath, now this is finished i'll be drafting patterns and working towards designs ready for S/S14