Wednesday 11 July 2012

Sewing - finished aeroplanes halter dress!

Today I finished this dress. It's for Paul's graduation next week, he is being awarded his masters degree in Aerospace Engineering, so I thought I would make an appropriate outfit!


This is just a sneaky peek, there will also be a bolero, hat and shoes for you to see, which I will post pictures of after the occasion. The pattern was modified from the ScissorHappy Sarong Dress, but frankly it's nothing like the original now - I added the circle skirt instead of a sarong skirt, the halter strap is of my own design, and I also worked out how to create petal busts, all on my own! Squee! The fabric is a soft twill, American Folk Fabrics 'Flying High' from 1995 which I scored on etsy.


Here's a glimpse of another one I did with a petal bust, my squid dress! Which is now known as the dangerous squid dress, due to its effect on certain males last weekend. I've used this pattern so much since I bought it, and taught myself how to make lots of modifications, I'm now on my fifth creation from it! Who knew boning and petal busts were so easy?

11 comments:

  1. Oh. My. God.
    How much do you rock! Amazing!

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  2. WOW, that is fantastic! Now I'm tempted to make a Navy-themed one to wear for my Navy vet Grandpa....He'd get such a kick out of it! (Of course, you are a superb seamstress, and I still have issues, but it's the effort that counts at least partway...)

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  3. I love the airplane dress, you are so damn clever!

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  4. That first dress is so beautiful and the print amazing. It looks fantastic, will look our for your post with the whole outfit :o)

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  5. i adore the airplane dress! so perfect for the occasion! you did amazing work on both dresses! cant wait to see your grad day outfit

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  6. So cute! Great job on adapting the pattern!

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  7. What a splendid dress! I have been lurking over your blog for the past two cups of tea (I stumbled across you while looking at pictures of Freddies jeans) and you're so talented! I now have serious fringe envy...and seamstress envy...and wardrobe envy...

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  8. I just found your blog and think it's FAB! Am completely in love with your squid dress, give me a shout if you plan on making any to sell in the future!

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  9. O. M. G. ~ that airplane dress is FANTASTIC!!!!! You must be wearing a crinoline with it in that pic? sssooooo perfecto!!! I can only imagine the PHENOMM jewelry, shoes, bag, etc that you'll habve with it at the actual occasion ~ can't wait for more pics!!!!! <3

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  10. Aw, that's so cute that you made an airplane dress for an aeronautical graduation! Love theme dressing!

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