of flora and fauna and also some monsters

this dress, she is a figment of your imagination.  she is not the droid you are looking for.  this fantasy frock was stitched when i was fortunate enough to be asked to test by hand london's floaty flora dress. and insane enough to accept, as i only had about eighty helpings of stitching work already heaped on my plate.  but really y'all, it's my beautiful ladies of BHL, there was never an option of saying no.  I LURVE them.

the linen you see above, from mood fabrics, was done up in a straight size 10 , and fit perfectly at the time, but of course that was post holidays and such.  she needs a little nip tuck now, dontcha know. fortunately, my RAGE of jealousy fueled by all the wrappy floras wafting in the blogging breeze took hold of me one night last week... 

i raided my stash for something wide enough to accommodate the circle skirt (seriously y'all, my stash is depleted) and came up with the last bits of my bombshell fabric.

the gals are not lying when they say you can do this up in just about anything. this cotton voile makes it drapey and romantic.  (and the kicks make it ridiculous.  heeled cork sandals sorely needed, all applicants enquire ASAP.)

she's in my reg'lar sze 8/12.  i didn't *quite* have enough for the skirt, she's a bit slimmer than intended, but still, proper amounts of twirl factor.

you've heard errrrrythang there is to hear about this pattern, n'est-ce pas?  here's the bodice-- i've been doing some detective work on my upper body, turns out i'm a bit shorter & narrower  shouldered than the reg.  i always knew this, actually.  i just didn't want to know it.  so i took 5/8 off the back shoulder seam, 5/8 off of upper CB by the zip, and 5/8 off the waist of the entire bodice.

it's my 5/8ths rule. 

HI PUKEY CONTRAST LINING!!!!  I LOVE YOU!!!

speaking of crazy yardage...if you haven't already heard, the ladies of london have just embarked on their next superheroine adventure: FABRIC.  a flora dress in monster toothed flowers ?!!!! WHAT?!?    YES!!   PLEASE. you could name it the Ferocious Flora.  if i don't first.

OH HEY OH HEY OH HEY HUUUUUUGE UPDATE!!!!

the gals have just announced, mere minutes ago, their kickstarter campaign to fund the Big For Real All The Way Adventure: DESIGN AND PRINT YOUR OWN FABRIC!!! click here to see an insanely cute video of paper BHL girls making kitten fabric (and a few video shout outs from heather lou, rosin & me as well :).   let's kickstart these amazing ladies!!!

this pattern, and the original stripey ill-fated linen, was provided to me in exchange for testing another great BHL pattern.