Sentences with phrase «before sewing my dress»

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The seam was already loosening before I even wore the dress the first time... I sewed it up, but after just one week in my suitcase the seam was open again on many spots.

Now, for the past six years, I have had seven dresses that I always wear for formal events (black - tie, weddings): (1) a long sleeved, high - necked, knee length black lace dress by Lover, whose darts I removed entirely so that it falls straight from my shoulders to hips to knees in a very loose, comfortable cut (no need to pull any waists in, and I can eat as much as I like) that I made an underskirt for, so it can also be calf length (2) an ivory version of the same above, with the optional lace underskirt (3) an amazingly intricate ivory leather macrame flapper dress uner which I wear a dark brown long, stretch singlet dress (so comfortable again)(4) a vermillion small V - neck, long bell sleeved, straight cut, long, widens - at - the -(just above ankle) hemline dress I sewed in the most gorgeous lace for twenty dollars (5) a burgundy lace version of the vermillion lace dress in (4)-- for the same price (6) a knee length, Romance Was Born silk shift three sizes up so it sits away from the waist — again — its all about «a'll the better to eat dinner with, my dear», in a huge, wild sunflower graphic print before graphic prints were trendy: it's giant sunflowers against an intense turquoise background (7) a calf length caftan cut dress that I made from Japanese printed silk my mother had bought and kept for sixty years (it's just a giant square with a hole fro my neck and two for my arms, and has the best drape EVER owing to its being silk)

It's always a lot of fun to do «vogue» poses This dress was actually store bought, at least it has a size tag sewn in, but I have seen a similar vintage pattern before too with kimono sleeves like it.

I bought a little lace butterfly which I sewed on to my dress the night before.

As mentioned before, it was the norm to wear a dress shirt with a pocket to a formal occasion, and sometimes men asked for a pocket to be sewn onto their shirts.

Given my love of fashion and sewing, I suppose it was only a matter of time before I would make a shark dress.

I've said it before and I'll say it again — one of the best parts of learning how to sew for me is the ability to see a dress that is very likely to be forgotten or discarded, and give her the opportunity to feel like new again.

Also determine if you want to underline the dress, before you have cut out and sewn a great deal of it...