A Dress for February

Hello, my name is Mikki and I live in Leeds in the UK.  I've only been sewing about four years after being convinced for most of my life that it was far too complicated a skill for a clumsy fool like me to acquire!

 

Luckily a good (and very patient) friend managed to persuade my flatmate and I that rather than wasting our time sitting around drinking wine and moaning about men, we could be making our own dresses, drinking wine and moaning about men at the same time.

 

Prior to that I had a terrible eBay habit and spent a small fortune on 60s dresses.  Now I spend a fortune of fabric, notions and vintage sewing patterns instead.

 

So my sewing is largely about the dresses and all about the 1960s.

 

This year I've set myself a challenge of making at least one dress a month and updating my blog with my progress, here is my dress for February:

and the pattern I made it from - Vogue 5942.

 

 

Silk Party Dress: Simplicity 3965

Hi Everyone!
I finished up a lovely teal silk dupioni party dress, just in time for a Christmas Party this past weekend. I used Simplicity 3965, a full-skirted vintage dress pattern which I've made twice before!
Here's the finished dress:More on my blog here, plus a few tips on sewing with silk here. Thanks for stopping by!

Introducing The "Being So Glamorous Is Such A Burden" Dress

Hello Everyone!

I have just completed The "Being So Glamorous Is Such A Burden" Dress, based on Vogue Couturier 100, by Ronald Paterson, from 1957.

I released the pleats at the top of the dress and had to resize the whole thing down.

The silk is dupioni and it has purple iridescence, which is difficult to see in photos.

Thanks for looking and stop by my blog, Modern Twist, to check out more about this dress and my other retro projects!

Cheers,
Jacki