It officially the holiday and party season.
Keith has his holiday party coming up this weekend and I have nothing
to wear. Literally. I have lost over 20 pounds this year and none of my
dresses fit. I went looking and found nothing formal enough under 300$. I
don't have the figure for stretch, I am short and really curvy so dress
are expensive for me. Thus I sewing my own dress. I chose a black
fabric with silver speckle over it, so it has a metallic sheen. I chose
black button to keep it toned down. I also have red buttons in case I
find it too plain when it is done, or well almost done. It is going to
be a long sleeved wrap dress. I have organza to poof up the skirt if it
need it too. I hoping this will be the go to dress for me in the future.
Here is a pic of the fabric.
Can't wait to see it finished! Couldn't you also alter any of your other dresses?
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately the only dress formal enough is too small for me and I refuse to put a panel and make it corset-like as that always looks tacky and cheap. Well in my opinion it does. Plus most formal dresses have very thin seam allowances. This to create a slimmer look and prevents bunching and wrinkles. So altering a dress to make it bigger is pretty difficult. It is almost easier to make a new dress which is what I am doing.
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