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I Remade my Dream Designer Dress!!

Monday, July 6, 2020

Original Designer vs. My Rendition

At the start of Quarantine (back in March) I threw myself back into sewing and extending my knowledge of design and sewing techniques. I have created MANY THINGS since then, but my favorite project has definitely been recreating one of my dream dresses, this Strawberry Tulle dress, from the New York designer Lirika Matoshi.

I have been following this designer on Instagram for about a year and have always loved all the dresses, especially the strawberry tulle one, so I decided to try and make it myself. This was definitely a project a bit outside my comfort zone since I had never worked with tulle or sequins before, but it ended up being easier than I thought!

I started my project by making a muslin mock up of the bodice, using pattern pieces I had adapted from my slopper set. After I had worked out the adjustments on my bodice I started on my dress, which involved a LOT of gathering, layering, and problem solving. I ended up using about 5 yards of each tulle fabric and absolutely LOVE how it turned out!

I filmed a video of my sewing process / part tutorial for this dress, so if you want to see all the details that went into this project, just hop on over to my YouTube!

Have you ever remade a dress that you saw?

What else should I remake?

- Madison

Patriotic

Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Shirt: Wallmart

Jumper: Made

Sandals: Marshals

Earrings: Wallmart

It is now two days since the Fourth of July but the Patriotic spirit is still in the air. How was your Fourth of July? Our family had had an impromptu get together with some friends and those small parties are always so much fun. I think the best part of the day was when we loaded up all of us girls into our car and drove to watch fireworks. However, since we had to wait a bit we decided to blair our High School Musical soundtrack and sing alone for everyone around us to hear and then proceeded to do line dances on the sidewalk........it was unforgettable!

I always love creating the perfect Fourth of July ensemble, so this simple look was fun to put together. Remember when I talked about wanting a Jumper in this post, well I finally got around to making it and it is the BEST thing ever! I might have worn it three days in row right after I made it, but that is the beauty of versatility and denim:) Since the denim jumper was already blue all I needed was a hint of red and white to be "all American"...........oh, and watermelon earrings (because Watermelon is the BEST). All in all I had a wonderful Fourth of July spent laughing and dancing with friends!

How was your Fourth?

-Madison

A 1960's Easter

Monday, March 28, 2016

Dress: Me Made (1960's Sheet)
Hat: Vintage
Shoes: Grandma's
Sweater: Thrifted

Happy one day after Easter! I hope you all enjoyed the short break in which we celebrated the resurrection of our Savior as Jesus conquered death and washed us forever pure and clean with his blood. I for one thoroughly enjoyed my short break which thankfully felt like an eternity, which was nice to enjoy the long days. I always miss spending time with my family while I am up at school so an extra weekend to go home was great!

As is my method every year, Easter dress preparations start at least a month on advance for brainstorming and usually a few weeks out to actually make the dress. Thankfully I was able to make a slight dent in my sewing pile over spring break, and this 1960's sack dress was one of those projects. Like most of my dresses, this one is made from an old 1960's sheet. Oddly enough, I received the sheet about three years ago from a friend and just now got around to using it for a project. From the moment I first saw this sheet I immediately imagined making a 60's dress out of it and every vision in my mind came true when it was all said and done! I have really been on a 1960's spree recently and this dress was the icing on the cake!

Of course, you cannot have a fabulous 1960's look let alone an Easter ensemble without having the perfect hat! Of course, this hat was a treasure I found probably 2 years ago and right when I got it I knew that I wanted to wear it with the dress I was planning on making from the sheet. Needless to say, this ensemble three years in the making but it was all worth it! I have to admit that the 1960's seem to be my spring inspiration and I will most likely be making a few more dresses like this in the future.

As every Easter is my time to pick a decade, dress up, and wear a fabulous Easter Bonnet this Easter was no different! The fact that my family goes to an old small town Church on Easter Sunday makes the thrill of wearing a vintage ensemble all the more rewarding as the ladies in the congregation grew up in the decades that I dress from and I love seeing their smiles as I walk into the Church, as if stepping from a different decade. One lady even even came up to me when we were greeting everyone and said "I admire you in wearing that hat, it looks lovely."

Until next time!

What did you do for Easter?

What do you like to wear on Easter Sunday?

Do you like wearing Easter Bonnets?

-Madison

Project Daisy Dress & Spring Colors

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

It is indeed spring time with all the colors of the rainbow but unfortunately here in Texas spring also brings the dreadful heat and humidity...so basically it is summer. Nonetheless, the sweltering humidity will not keep me from embracing all that I love about spring, such as the many flowers, smells, breezes, birds, bees, and colors all around me.

Well dear readers, I did say that I would be giving you all a post early this week so here it is, my latest project (yay for summer free time till summer school starts). This is the dress I made to wear to the graduation for four of my good friends. As always is the case with me I do so love an upcomming event in which I have the excuse to make a new dress and plan an ensemble:)

And as you also know, I love to sew with sheets so this was another sheet dress and it turned out fabulously! Daisies are my ALL TIME FAVORITE flower and thus I loved this fabric even more (at least I think these are daisies on the fabric, or some such specimen of daisies). I decided to make this dress as a 50's style sun dress one, because I am severely lacking many dresses of that versatile fashion and two, because the fabric fit with the design. I drafted the bodice from a pattern I had laying around which used fitted "Princess Seams." The skirt, I cut from the bottom of the sheet where there was a large hem. I love to cheat on projects so by cutting the skirt this way I didn't even have to hem it..hehe :) Then, because I wanted something unique and classic I decided to make a folded/pleated (I guess?) you could say waistband which definitely completed the dress!

Now, for a little more about what I wore and what I loved (Which was a lot!). If any of you readers saw my post Current Obsession than you might have already notices this ensemble is almost a perfect combination of a cheery lemon yellow and a romantic lavender. This dress is such a lovely shade of light yellow which I can surprisingly pull off and of course what is the completion of my spring color pallet without Lavender nail polish:) Lets just say that I loved my nails and everything about my ensemble that day! Oh, and least I forget about shoes and a necklace which can so make or break any ensemble. While shopping earlier in the week with my sister I picked up a daisy statement necklace at Icings which was having a sale ($5 for all necklaces) so that was perfect in and of itself. But let us not forget about shoes.....which I picked up at Old Navy that same shopping day for $10 (on sale) and the best part is that they look like Swedish Hasbeens!!! I had been wanting a pair of Swedish Hasbeens but just didn't have the funds or heart to spend that much on a pair of shoes quite yet, so when I saw these shoes I knew it was fate :)

I can say for certain that this dress, these shoes, and my new daisy necklace are going to get quite a bit of wear this spring/summer!