Diary of a Chain Stitcher

It has taken me a LONG time to get around to posting around this dress, it was fully completed before I made my Circle-Skirted version and since that I've completed three other projects! I think that shows you just how disenchanted I was with this make, which has nothing to do with the pattern itself as it is GORGEOUS as proved by versions as lovely as Marie's . My lack of love for this dress is mainly to do with my fabric choice. I bought it for a bargain £2.50 a metre from A1 fabrics on Goldhawk Road. I'm not sure what it is, some sort of synthetic imitation brocade and not particularly pleasant to the touch, but I'd been hunting for quite some time for an upholstery weight fabric to hold the tulip of the skirt with a pattern that wasn't too curtain like so I went with it. I actually bought it with the intention of using it to make my final version of Elisalex for the wedding but I didn't get on to making it right away and when I picked it up again a...

I decided a while back that I'd like to make myself a dress for my cousin's wedding at the end of September and after careful consideration decided on the Sewaholic Lonsdale . I've seen some great versions of it on the net as well as some great reviews of all the Sewaholic patterns and thought it was high time I gave one a try! It would be the first dress I'd make so although I was tempted but some lovely full skirted vintage patterns I had I thought I had better first try a pattern with clear instructions and pattern markings! I thought the shape would be lovely for a wedding with it's fitted bodice and full skirt plus would suit me as I like a fitted bodice and a bit of shoulder on view. Plus as it is for a relaxed wedding in the Cornish countryside I can see it made up in a fun print. Just check out the effort I made to do this properly, drew out all pattern pieces and notches instead of getting the cutting out done as quick as possible! I've never...