I've been AWOL for quite awhile from my sewing blog - so I am just going to jump right in and share my first project of 2015 - The daisy dress reborn.
I loved this dress when I made (and still do) but since I made it I have lost 25kg (yay me - feel so much better). I really didn't want to give it away, I have given a few of my dress away to good homes since losing weight but there was just something about this dress that said keep me ... and this is why, a simple alteration has turned it into a beautiful skirt (I think)!
I have been wanting to try a couture waistband for a while - for some reason I have never been able to get a waistband to sit just right (could be my scoliosis)? The inspiration came when driving home from over east and reading The Dressmakers Handbook of Couture Techniques by Linda Maynard (great book), I was just flicking through the book and came across the instructions (very similar to Susan Khalje's instructions in Threads Magazine/website) for the couture waistband and the daisy dress came straight to mind. I have been considering the International Federation for Home Economics 2015 message of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle a lot lately in school planning and I thought I really should be carrying it over into my personal life! So I did!
The Daisy Dress
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I loved this dress when I made (and still do) but since I made it I have lost 25kg (yay me - feel so much better). I really didn't want to give it away, I have given a few of my dress away to good homes since losing weight but there was just something about this dress that said keep me ... and this is why, a simple alteration has turned it into a beautiful skirt (I think)!
I have been wanting to try a couture waistband for a while - for some reason I have never been able to get a waistband to sit just right (could be my scoliosis)? The inspiration came when driving home from over east and reading The Dressmakers Handbook of Couture Techniques by Linda Maynard (great book), I was just flicking through the book and came across the instructions (very similar to Susan Khalje's instructions in Threads Magazine/website) for the couture waistband and the daisy dress came straight to mind. I have been considering the International Federation for Home Economics 2015 message of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle a lot lately in school planning and I thought I really should be carrying it over into my personal life! So I did!
The Daisy Dress
The Daisy Dress Reborn - as a skirt
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