I was at Fabricland today intending on buying some white linen (which I did) that I wanted to make some special tea towels. I am going to do a painted Ombre stripe on them- more to come later....
Anyways....when I was there I happened upon some fabric that has already been elasticized and gathered on one end.... So...... In order to make a dress all I have to do is sew one seam- YES!! ONE SEAM! NOW YOU ARE TALKING MY FRIEND!! Oh and a hem of course! I am going to add spaghetti straps so the girls are a little more secure or at least I am!! I would love to go strapless but alas, so NOT happening.
Here is that lovely fabric.....
I haven't even done anything yet and it already looks like a dress- just my kinda project. I know that I have sewn pretty much everything-you name it I have probably sewn it, but sometimes you just want to do something easy!
Yes those are indeed my toes!! I was just too lazy to take another pic! But doesn't it already look like a dress?? They had so many fabrics to choose from but you know me- I love all things Red White and Blue!!
I was amazed when I saw this fabric. Normally this type of dress isn't my thing but I thought for the price- cost being $16.00 for the piece ($10.00/metre), why not. I thought I could wear it as a beach cover up, or a dress to hang out in. Normally dresses for me are very challenging- I am 5'4"ish!! Not small in the breast area and I am short waisted. So dresses don't generally fit me off the rack. I love shift dresses but most of the time they don't fit-mostly due to being short waisted. I think that I fell for the pattern and colour in this fabric.
Just look how gorgeous she is!!!
So when I am done- which won't take too long I will post about it.
Generally, I am not a huge fan of Fabricland. I don't think they carry great Home Dec fabric-sorry Fabricland. They are great for the basics though- thread, buttons, some fashion fabrics... But I feel they could be so much better if they improved on their Home Dec fabrics- places like Calico Corners and Designerfabrics.ca kick their butt!! But since I live here in Canada I can't buy from Calico Corners. I can only drool and get inspiration from their website!! But I will say,that this fabric I found, well.... they hit it out of the park- this time!!
Have a great day everyone.
Megan
Anyways....when I was there I happened upon some fabric that has already been elasticized and gathered on one end.... So...... In order to make a dress all I have to do is sew one seam- YES!! ONE SEAM! NOW YOU ARE TALKING MY FRIEND!! Oh and a hem of course! I am going to add spaghetti straps so the girls are a little more secure or at least I am!! I would love to go strapless but alas, so NOT happening.
Here is that lovely fabric.....
Yes those are indeed my toes!! I was just too lazy to take another pic! But doesn't it already look like a dress?? They had so many fabrics to choose from but you know me- I love all things Red White and Blue!!
I was amazed when I saw this fabric. Normally this type of dress isn't my thing but I thought for the price- cost being $16.00 for the piece ($10.00/metre), why not. I thought I could wear it as a beach cover up, or a dress to hang out in. Normally dresses for me are very challenging- I am 5'4"ish!! Not small in the breast area and I am short waisted. So dresses don't generally fit me off the rack. I love shift dresses but most of the time they don't fit-mostly due to being short waisted. I think that I fell for the pattern and colour in this fabric.
So when I am done- which won't take too long I will post about it.
Generally, I am not a huge fan of Fabricland. I don't think they carry great Home Dec fabric-sorry Fabricland. They are great for the basics though- thread, buttons, some fashion fabrics... But I feel they could be so much better if they improved on their Home Dec fabrics- places like Calico Corners and Designerfabrics.ca kick their butt!! But since I live here in Canada I can't buy from Calico Corners. I can only drool and get inspiration from their website!! But I will say,that this fabric I found, well.... they hit it out of the park- this time!!
Have a great day everyone.
Megan
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