swish!

First of all, HI THERE and thank you so much for all the hollers and hooplas about Project Sewn!!! Currently I'm wading in a pile of half finished garments obsessing and losing Zs as predicted!!! And finding little time to reply to all the lovely comments but I appreciate EVERY ONE OF THEM!!! AS YOU CAN TELL BY MY MULTIPLE EXCLAMATION POINTS!!! I will try my best to do you proud!!! Second of all

I

LOVE

THIS

DRESS!!!!!

A LOT.

She is the latest installment from the lovelies at By Hand London, she is the Georgia dress, she fit RIGHT OUT OF THE PACKAGE. She is exquisitely drafted, she is my new little black dress, who would have ever thought I'd have two in my technicolor closet?

She's done up for my January Mood Sewing Network project, made with Mood Fabric's italian double face wool & lycra jersey. The fabric is thick enough to skim and hug in all the right places, and incredibly yummy to sew with. Except for the part where I godzilla steamed one of the bust cups and forever wrinkled it. I have recently become reacquainted with the steam function on my iron, after lladybird Lauren's mantra that'll steam out got stuck in my craw. Probably not the best choice on wool. To which Lauren would most certainly say DUH.

Not that noticeable in real life however, I'm all good with it (I desaturated the colors in these Ruggalicious shots so you could see the seamlines, those steamy wrinkles are far more subtle IRL, as the kids say).

I have a serious question for the ladies of by hand london: is it hard being so FRIGGING FABULOUS? I'M SORRY ARE YOU KIDDING ME! THIS DRESS MAKES ME CATCALL MYSELF!!! 

Ahem.  I'm admittedly proud of this one.   I can't help it.

I added stretch fringe around the bottom, simply crossing my fingers that such a thing existed and jumping for joy when I found it at Daytona Trimmings. Perhaps I was inspired by the BHL furry shoe'd photoshoot? I wanted length, but I also wanted leg, so I attached the 6 inch fringe to hit at the original hem, then cut the dress away underneath.

Couple pointers, check the length of your straps before sewing them in, I shortened mine by 2 inches after sewing up the bodice lining, high on the fact that it was all fitting perfectly, and zipperless. If you want a little more structure but don't want to mess with boning, I found that topstitching the cups of both lining & main gave them just enough oompf.

Now I need am oompfy occasion, as this jammie wasn't ready for New Year's. GROUNDHOG'S DAY. I AM TOTALLY WEARING THIS FOR GROUNDHOG'S DAY. Maybe that li'l bugger will come out when he sees this number. Nudge nudge, wink wink, knowwhatimean?

this swishy dress was made using my monthly fabric "allowance" as part of the Mood Sewing Network, and the pattern was provided to me in exchange for pattern testing (and yes, it got an A!)