Thursday, December 8, 2011

Quick Skirt, and Sad News about the Dress

First up - we took family pictures today. I had tried to do some via tripod, but they were an epic fail. So I asked my sister in law to take a few for us. As I was planning the wardrobe, I realized the sever lack of nice skirts for the princess. So, I made this one. It took less than 1 hour, start to finish!!!! I am definitely going to do a tutorial on this skirt soon!


I used suiting for the first time ever! (Hello, TNT!)


I must say - I have now fallen in Looooooove with suiting! It is so soft and the perfect weight! And the lining fabric was so silky too... I love finding a good fabric! It does fray a bit, but not any worse than organza or satins.


Check out my hem-less hem! It was so easy and I'm glad it worked as well as it did! Again, stay tuned for the tutorial!

So, in other news, I managed another epic fail on my pretty blue dress. Everything went pretty well, but once the zipper was in I found a major problem with the fit that cannot be easily fixed. I would have to redo the entire bodice (and that's the hardest part of the dress!) Grrr...

I am sad about it, but - never to be kept down - I know what needs to change, and I am planning on redoing the dress - in suiting. **Delighted Sigh** I think I will like this much better than satin prom-dress material anyway! :)



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8 comments:

  1. MelindaDecember 8, 2011 at 5:55 AM

    I've never tried suiting. Definitely need to check into that. Sorry about the dress. I hate when it comes to the end of a project for me to find the big aggravating mistake! I hope it turns out better now that you're changing to another fabric!

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  2. LeanneDecember 8, 2011 at 6:57 AM

    Sorry to hear about the dress, glad to hear you will give it another try. The suiting looks very nice to work with.

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  3. tiffanyDecember 8, 2011 at 10:33 AM

    that sucks about the dress and the princess's skirt is cute i love how she is poseing in it

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  4. M-R CharbonneauDecember 8, 2011 at 11:00 AM

    Good work with the skirt, Lindsay. Too bad about the dress, but yay for having another go at it with the suiting. Way more practical and fun fabric.

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  5. Elizabeth DacksonDecember 8, 2011 at 1:52 PM

    Wow, you're a braver girl than me! Look at you go - suiting?? It looks fantastic! Bummer about the blue dress, though your skirt looks fabulous :)

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  6. Melissa CorryDecember 8, 2011 at 3:27 PM

    Wow!! That is totally awesome!! I don't think I am brave enough to try suiting :)

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  7. Katie BDecember 8, 2011 at 3:53 PM

    So cute! Love that little pose. :)

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  8. Maureen Cracknell HandmadeDecember 8, 2011 at 9:10 PM

    I've never tried suiting either! The skirt is cute -- you can tell she was loving it in the second photo!:)

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