Tuesday 15 October 2019

Struggling to Come Up With an October GG

It's not that I haven't done any gift related crafting this month, just that none of it is with its intended recipient yet, so I can't show it.
(For a recap of Gifted Gorgeousness see Jo's blog here)
So, having wracked my brains for sometime over what to post I believe that I may well have come up with the most tenuous shoe-horn in the long and proud history of shoe-horning...
I made myself this dress last week.


Pattern is New Look 6632, and the fabric is a mid-weight lurex jersey from The Textile Centre.
How is it gift related I hear you ask. Aha! Since I don't have an overlocker, and sewed this on a regular machine, I used a short piece of vintage seam tape on the inside of each of the shoulder seams to stabilise them.
And the seam tape?
This seam tape?


It was a gift from Julie
Boom! Gifted Gorgeousness!


10 comments:

FlashinScissors said...

Well done with the shoe horning!
You are clever ..... I’d love to make myself a dress.
Love that colour!
Hugs,
Barbara xx

Jo who can't think of a clever nickname said...

Thanks for taking part in GG this month. Congratulations on the most tenuous shoe horn too!

ps it's October!

DJ said...

Well done Christine!! A shoehorn is a shoehorn...and a lovely job you did too!

Elfie said...

You've made yourself an absolutely beautiful dress. I lovè the colour.

Carol said...

I'd say that counts :) Your dress looks wonderful and very comfy :)

jocondine said...

Great job, nice dress. (Always keep a shoehorn too, very useful for GG or You choose posts!). xxx

diamondc said...

Julie: It is a lovely look, the color is beautiful.

Catherine

Bethan said...

Great shoehorning, and such a beautiful dress!

Leonore Winterer said...

That's not even that much of a shoehorn! I know the pain of having made beautiful things and not being able to show them yet. The dress is gorgeous.

Ariadne said...

Beautiful dress. AriadnefromGreece!