Ta Da!!!

17/11/11 Laura aged 15

17/11/11

Here are the pictures of Laura taken just before she went out to her Year 10 school Formal.  She had a great time and was awarded for being  "The Most Individual".  As you can see, she changed her mind about the shoes!  The photo on the right is a very low res image - I just nicked them from Neale's Facebook page! If you click on the photo to view, it appears ok though?

17/11/11

I've been into Morwell this afternoon and have bought some ecru "Sunsilky"lining fabric for my dress which I plan to start shortly.  Neale has made mention he wants the kitchen table back for his computer, school books, school work, to study at  etc. No way I say - it's mine again!!!
Oh for a bigger house with a little more space.

It's Finished

I have finished Laura's dress!! It looks good, Laura is thrilled with it and says it's just how she wanted it -whew! And i'm happy that she's happy with it and i'm thankful that it's finished in time! I know that i've made plenty of mistakes and the zip insertion was the worst one i have ever done, but it's in now, and works and looks ok! I'll try and post some photos tomorrow before she leaves for the formal. She is even rethinking the shoes she was planning on wearing and is borrowing a pair of black heels from me. it was funny tonight watching her try to walk in them!

School Formal Dress

My 15 year old daughter has asked me to make her, her dress for the year 10 school formal - to be held in October (I think!).
She saw a dress on Ebay some time ago, but it wasn't sold in her size.  I went shopping in Spotlight yesterday and found a couple of patterns, that I thought would meet her specifications and a couple of swatches of black lace.
She has decided on http://www.simplicity.com/Search.aspx?SearchTerm=2884&x=0&y=0
with a few modifications and has chosen black chantilly lace, which I'll need to get some more ordered in as there is not enough left on the bolt in the shop.  The dress is to be black with a black lace overlay and I think she's planning to wear long lace up converse's if she can find them!!
I'll need to take her measurements - she's grown just a little since I made her last dress for her grade 6 graduation, 4 years ago!  Will definitely be making a toile to check fit and to test my sewing as it's probably been that long since I've sewed anything!