Thursday, April 29, 2010

Latest Project...

I found this bedsheet in an op shop in the country. It originally had a massive horse head in the centre, but a really cute riding hat and crop print. I was able to salvage just enough to make this dress.



It's a combination of the colette patterns "Sencha" blouse and a Built By Wendy skirt pattern. With a pussy bow collar.



My hair was pretty rubbish after a day at work, so I hid it under this brown felt hat. Garth said I looked like an air hostess, so I wore my PanAm Junior Flyer wings too.



I quite like it.

17 comments:

  1. You quite like it!! I Love it.. hostess at a horse based airline carrying the landed gentry, polo players and horsey types from Jilly Cooper books.

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  2. Love it! That fabric is so great!

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  3. I love that fabric. And the dress looks awesome. =D
    -Andi x

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  4. AWWW! This is super cute! One of my very favourite dresses that I get the most compliments on is made out of an old sheet. This one is especially lovely though. Wonderful work!

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  5. I love it I think it is super cuuuuuuute!!!
    difficult to make that dress??

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  6. love the dress, and have a soft spot for a good novelty print! i think i'll blog next about it too, as there seem to be some very good novelty print items out there at the moment - just wish some of it made it my way! it's great that you can do your own stuff!

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  7. thanks guys! it's not too hard to make one - the collette pattern is very easy to follow!

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  8. that is quite lovely and a very cool print. You look great in it!

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  9. That fabric is cute as! I admire your abilty to make a franken-pattern as well.

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  10. That's a really adorable salvage project. The collar gives it a really special detail too. I got to say I love the hat, you wear it well! Really inspirational post for thrift store finds.

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  11. That is GREAT fabric, and the dress is so cute! Nicely done!

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  12. Oh. Wow. This is one of the nicest dresses I've seen in a long time. You should enter it into that pattern-combination-dress competition that some of the other bloggers have been talking about (sorry, can't remember its official name!).

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  13. gorgeous! it turned out so very well!

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  14. That is the most adorable dress! I wish I could sew as well as you. :D

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  15. The dress looks gorgeous!
    I have been following your blog for a while and I'd like to thank you for running it! you're so inspiring!
    hugs from Sweden!

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