Hel's wedding gown

Back in the spring my friend surprised me with the news that she is getting married! My first reaction was 'I aint making your dress!'. Fast forward couple of weeks, I asked her, if I could see what kind of dress she wanted. Fast forward few more weeks I said finally said yes.

Why was I hesitant? Well, making a gown, a wedding gown, is a lot of work! And I am not comfortable with dressmaking. I know a bit about it, but I always fret that my skills wont be enough. And it's someones THE MOST IMPORTANT dress of all! You do not want to fuck that up!!!

Black draped cowl neck dress

 I apologize for the crappy image quality

What: knee length softly draped dress with cap sleeves and cowl neck.

Fabric: black ponte knit.

Pattern: semi self drafted. I started with this Burda top pattern.

Guitar Safari Dress

This 50' inspired dress was made as a belated birthday gift for my friend. I drafted a design, I thought would flatter her pear shaped figure the best and she picked out the fabric. This dress has a princess seam bodice and semi circle skirt. It has an invisible zipper closure on the side and a mock button  closure in the front.

She was very happy with the dress, but still said no to posing in it for my blog LOL! 

Victory Patterns solid blue "Simone" dress

I have wanted to sew this pattern for as long as I'v known of it. But it's a dress. Yes. I do not get along with those light fabrics that one uses for dressmaking. So, this friday I put on my big girl panties and went fabric shopping for "Simone".

"Tie Me In" jersey dress

I started making this dress last year right before the summer reached Estonia. Sadly the Gods of handcraft were not on my side and I couldn't finish the dress because I was unable to find a lace applique that fit and suited the dress. 

Few weeks ago I randomly walked into one of three fabric stores I have in my hometown and low and behold there it was - a lace applique that would most definitely work! I had to color it before I could use it to be more blueish black, that was just a teeny tiny obstacle.

The pattern is self drafted, you can find the guide how to draft the pattern yourself below the cut.

Alustasin selle kleidi tegemist juba eelmisel aastal, enne kui suur suvi kohale jõudis. Kahjuks ei soosinud käsitöö haldjad minu tegemisi ja ma ei saanud kleiti lõpetada, kuna ei suutnud leida poest sobivat aplikatsiooni.
Paar nädalat tagasi jalutasin suvaliselt ühte kanga poodi sisse, ja seal see oligi - aplikatsioon mis kohe kindlasti sobis minu ideega. Kahjuks pidin selle koju jõudes üle värvima, kuna aplikatsioon ei olnud sinakas must. 
Lõike kleidi jaoks visandasin ise ja juhendi samalaadse kleidi lõike tegemiseks leiad all pool :)