Monday, November 04, 2013

The Meg Dress!

As I've mentioned before, when I was in the USA staying with Alicia and Bear in Pennsylvania, Alicia took me to Jo-Anns and I bought a whole lot of fabric. This is the second dress I've made from the fabric I bought and its a really fun sugar skull print.

I would have loved to have said I wore this dress on Dia de Los Muertos - but I actually made it the day after and wore it to work today. Better late than never right? Also I'm totally including this as dress number three of my four Halloween dresses.
I've decided this dress shall be known as the "Meg Dress" - sure it could be my "Sugar Skull Dress" but the reason I got off my butt and actually made something with it was because of this dress my friend Meg in Philly made. We are fabric twins!
Also I could imagine Meg making a dress from this pattern - its the "Back-to-school shift dress" from Simple and Chic sewing by Christine Haynes. I have made this dress so many times before - see here, here, here, here and also used it as a pattern for this costume. I wanted to make a simple dress from this fabric and I also wanted to use a tried and true pattern as I didn't want to mess up my precious sugar skull fabric!
These inside photos aren't the best - especially taken in the hallway of our apartment building. You can see the weird painting outside our apartment, its kind of grey and dull. I wish the body corp would put something more fun and bright up!

I hope you all have a great week - I've decided to take annual leave this Friday, so I only have three days of the week left. Hurrah!

9 comments:

Vix said...

The background ma be grey and dull but you in that dress isn't! What a fab job you made of it. x

Unknown said...

This fabric is one of the most gorgeous ones I have ever seen :0 !!!! And the dress look greats on you! 10 points! xxx

Vintage Bird Girl said...

Super cute frock! You do brighten up a dull hallway. Xx

Meghan Edge said...

You look gorgeous! I love this dress and the fabric. You look awesome. Just awesome. :-D !!

Helga said...

Such awesome fabric!!! XXX

Louise said...

That dress is amazing! Well done you!

Curtise said...

Great fabric, and a fabulous dress! xxx

Monsterchen said...

you are two fabulous twins. i love this sugar skull print to pieces! i would love to find this fabric too somewhere here;) and you look so beautiful!
kiss,mary

alicia said...

i SWEAR i commented on this one! i'm the worst. you look AMAZING! i love seeing that fabric magically transform into a dress! it does magically transform right? love it! <3