I emailed the blogger for information about the pattern. Like any good addict, I had to have it. An immediate trip to my two local fabriclands confirmed that the pattern was discontinued. Say it isn't so! I checked etsy and ebay. Success! I bought it from Australia. It took a while for it to get here but here it is and as luck would have it, there was a massive sale at fabricland to go with the pattern.
Jennine is a tiny little thing, so I had to make her a muslin to check the pattern. What if she did not like it? I had to give her an out. Apparently, she is saying no to the blog photo of her in the muslin. A muslin, by the way, is a draft, a tester made of plain fabric to check the pattern, get out the bugs before making the dress out of more expensive fabric.
We may or may not have had a made a quick trip over to the store for fabric. I may or may not have scared her with my fabric obsession. I fear she has contacted Ian for an intervention. My antenna is up!
Let's say that we did find some awesome black fabric for her dress, I did NOT sit in a corner coveting it. I DID NOT. I bought a few dozen metres of my own thank you very much.
(Oh, in the spirit of sharing - I made one for myself - here it is as a work in progress)
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| It is linen with a design on it, you can barely see the overlay, I need a better camera... |
There are some projects awaiting my attention. There is this cute little top with this cute little fabric, there is probably a skirt here, and this may be a purse. Does fabricland have support classes?
I love Goodbye Valentino, if you want some awesome sewing eye candy, head over for a visit. Tell her I sent you.
More in this dress and other projects.
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