The Rainbow Spinny Dress

I've had a lot going on this week.  I can't believe I haven't posted anything in a whole week.  Bear with me.  Lots of stuffs goin on for the next month or so but I'll be around  : )

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So...one day I go back to the newly opened Joann's in my area to get more of what I had gotten the week before (amazingly soft and light cotton/silk blend).  When I got in and there wasn't any, I was for once content to leave with nothing. *gasp*  However, my sweet little lady had another idea.  As usual, she comments on a fabric in each aisle:  Wow, this is beautiful - or - Look at this one mom!   But this time, she happens upon this cotton fabric with a black background and randomly shaped and colored flowers. 

"Ooooooo mooooom this one is sooooooo beauuutifuuulllll!"  Well, it's alright,  I think to myself.  I convince her to walk with me and she just stops and says,

"But mom, we didn't pick up that beautiful fabric!  It's just sitting there and someone else might pick it up and then it will be gone and there wouldn't be any more and it was sooo beauuutifulll."

She's really starting to get upset.  She's never been so attached to a piece of fabric before - so we go to look at it and she tells me what a nice spinny dress it would make and of course we end up going to get a yard and a half cut.  It ended up being $6 something for all of it instead of $15 so I can't really complain.  I know how it is to be hopelessly enamored with a piece of fabric, and who am I to deny the beginning of my sweet girl's love of fabricy things.

I sat down with a ridiculously small amount of minutes left in the day and an idea, and somehow I managed to make it work in a few hours, with no pattern or little person to try it on (did I mention I should have been sleeping?) but I ended up with something that was really pretty great.

After ranting about it to anyone who would listen for a week or so she finally had her magical spinny rainbow dress and loves it. 

Don't let the angelic sleeping girl picture fool you, it's all a big scam.  Seconds later......

 

I took a picture of her more recently in it but I can't find it right now.  Maybe (or not) I will get it updated later.  It would be helpful to see what she actually looks like standing up in it...

 

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Because I didn't get to it earlier this week, and because it made me laugh, here it is for this week

 

 

freewillastrology

Am I willing to put up with more crap.  That is the ultimate question isn't it.  Don't see how I really have a choice.  Bring it on.

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Funny pin this week

stuff I would do

 

Totally would do this.  Which would probably be followed up with a somewhat heated discussion about why it couldn't possibly be incorrect as it very literally followed the directions.  Which I would win whether it got a passing grade or not. Because it's awesome.

 

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~myfm~

So very much music going on this week.  But this one I have heard a few times and it is so very lovely ~ See Beneath Your Beautiful

I can't wait until my sweet girl starts randomly singing this one : )

 

 

light spotty dress for my girl

This was kind of a spontaneous endeavor that kind of worked out I guess.  I don't love love the dress but kiddo does so I guess that's all that counts. 

So, I got this dress at the bins,

 

and then I came home and put it on this zombie.  (but it's okay mom, zombies don't exist in this world)

 

A slightly better view of the thing ~

 

 

It looked pretty straight forward so I just got started.  Seriously, I just laid out some fabric and cut it a bit.  Nothing particularly creative but really it is an easy dress to make.  Lots of gathering but easy.  I added an extra line of....gather???...because I thought it would look better and it does.  Other than that, here's a dress.

 

 

A two hand heart rating is not too shabby.

 

 

That's about it.  I think my zombie girl has recovered.

 

 

 

 

myfm ~ Pokey Lafarge again.  And again...good lord that man knows how to play a harmonica.  And again - I mean come on - he breaks out a kazoo in a good way...yes, apparently it's possible.   I got to see their s.p.e.c.t.a.c.u.l.a.r. show last night at the Grey Eagle and it was amazing.  And now it's got my girl dancing around the room.  Good times.

Quick fix ~ Dress from Ashley

I sadly don't have a before picture for this one.  When I get an idea I usually just jump in and forget the world for a little while.

A dear friend of mine sent me this dress but it was way too big when I got it.  That isn't usually enough to stop me from throwing something out so I went to work at it. It was actually pretty simple and I was pleasantly surprised at how quickly I got it done.  The bottom was this weird short in the front longer in the back deal which I'm not usually fond of so I just cut that off.  Because it's a knit I didn't have to worry about making a new edge which is another reason knits are awesome.  The top was just way to big.  Even tied it probably would have fallen off (not a lot going on in that area if you know what I mean). 

So, I took out the seam between the top and the skirt.  Originally the top two pieces met in the middle, so I brought them in and overlapped them - better shape and a little more coverage.  The bottom half I just folded over and then sewed it all together again. 

I really love this dress now.  It's comfy and flowy and great for summer.  Thanks Ashley : )

 

oh yeah, and I made a headband with the bit I cut off of the bottom.  Because that's just what I do. 

 

 

 

myfm ~ Krewella, Alive . This video is so hot.  Can't exactly put my finger on the why, but, hotness.  Cmere Ashley. I have an ugly shirt and a new knife, you can help me make something awesome.  Colorado can live without you for a few weeks.

 

 

 

Kick Ass Dress!

Another tale of instant fabric love.  Randomly walking through the fabric store this one just jumps out at me and yells - I need to be a kick ass dress!  Obviously it knew what it wanted out of life.  Who am I to interfere with that??  On top of that I had just found this amazing vintage lace at my favorite crafty store, Garage 34 and I thought the two would get along fabulously (and they do). 

I actually have been working on this one for awhile.  I had to put it away for awhile because we weren't getting along and I needed some space.  But, we've managed to come to an agreement about what should happen with the back so I went ahead and finished it.    I'm going to say I didn't use a pattern on this one.  I think I started out with one but I had to take one whole piece out (What?) and the top was just figured out so, yes, no pattern for this one : )  I have to say I am pretty impressed with this one.  I've not attempted such an open back before and I love love it.  I think I will add something fun to the top part where it connects but it works for now : )

and the back!

 

Finished just in time for my Welcome Back party.  Hello all,  I'm back : )

love love this cheesy girl : )

 

 

 

myfm~strangely enough Valentine's Day by Bruce Springsteen.  I've been working on this biography of Mr. Springsteen that I got at work a few months ago and wanted to check out all of this revolutionary music I was reading about.   He has about a million brilliant tunes. I'll probably introduce you to some more again soon.

What To Do - July - Dresses!

Hey all.  It's that time again - I've got to get ready for July when I'm going to be focused on dresses. *YAYS
I love them.  I would wear some form of dress or skirt all the time if I could.  So, with that in mind, what kind of dress does this want to be?  Send me words, photos, links, ideas, a sketch on a napkin, idle ramblings of a wandering mind, whatever. 

My bestest friend Masako sent me this and I've attempted to turn it into something but it didn't get there yet so help me out. 

What kind of dress is this going to be? 

 

 

 

It's got that wide band across the bottom so I (you) have to come up with a dress that will make the most of it. 

 

 

 

 

myfm ~ Holly Williams.  Just about her entire album is perfect but this is my favorite one ~ Waiting on June