I think it's the first time in 35 years that I've made a dress...i've been strictly a trousers/jeans/pants girl, with an occasional skirt, for a long, long time.
I just had this urge last week to sew a dress...not being loaded with dress patterns in my stash and needing instant gratification, I resorted to downloading B4443
This is the style of dress that was so popular for young girls in the '50's...my mother made many of them for me, and I made a lot, too. Binding the neck, armholes and hem with a contrast fabric took me right back to those days...
talk about deja vu!
Since I'm not that young girl anymore, I will wear this with a tie-top in black like this one... (yet to be made)
What about the MOB jacket, you might ask? Well, it's coming along fine; I'm just beginning to line it and am liking it very much. But a girl needs a break occasionally...
Yesterday I went to an indigo-dying workshop in Santa Barbara with my friend Joan...we had great fun learning how to dye and do shibori, among other techniques...
There were 10 of us in the workshop and these are some of our dyed items
hanging to dry in the sun. Unfortunately, I didn't get a photo of all of us with our blue hands...
This is one of my favorite times of the year to cook, when the produce is outstanding and so colorful. Tonight we are trying Sweet Corn Polenta with Eggplant Sauce from the wonderful recipe book PLENTY, by Yotam Ottolenghi and Jonathan Lovekin. Everything I've ever tried from it is FABULOUS!
The fresh corn and tomatoes are from our next door neighbors, who have a wonderful organic farm, the eggplant and oregano are from Dave's garden.
YUM!
TTYL
what a marvelous dress - I love this silhouette! It's retro yet truly timeless. The corn polenta looks yummy too - I'd like to have some right this minute : > thanks for sharing with Visible Monday.
ReplyDeleteCome on over & join me in the dress-making convert crowd! Well, it may be a small crowd....and OK, so I've only made 3....but they are getting worn and I'm loving them! Love your version on you - looking good :)
ReplyDeleteAnd oh, those indigos!!!! How fun that must have been! I'm hoping to take an indigo workshop in a couple of months - that photo is definitely inspirational!
WOW, great dress and awesome material. You are amazing. Awesome talent.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Just beautiful! Enjoy wearing your dress. I know I love to wear a dress on a hot summer day..
ReplyDeleteLove your dress! such a flattering shape and I really like the binding around the neck and arms; I had forgotten about doing that!
ReplyDeleteLOVE THOSE SHOES!!! XOXO
What fun: dresses, dying and food!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful dress! I was just thinking while people watching yesterday at a craft fair, that the women wearing nice summer dresses looked the most pulled together, and vowed to find a TNT pattern before next summer.
ReplyDeleteWell, I know you haven't made a dress in awhile, but you look FABULOUS in that dress! So cute, so slim, so chic!!! I love it with the contrast bindings!!!
ReplyDeleteWow your dress is fabulous. Beautiful fit and chic fabric. Love seeing your creations!
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You look fab, I vote for more dresses. Especially with such fabulous fabric and great shoes that scream dress!
ReplyDeleteI love the fresh veggies this time of year too, that looks yummy.
Great dress. I love your shoes who's the designer.
ReplyDeleteEcho the comments: you look FAB!
ReplyDeleteMe too, me too! I hopped on the dress train, and don't want to get off. Your dress has a lovely silhouette for you. Very flattering. And your sandals are awesome!
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It's such a pretty dress.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great dress and use of fabric! You definitely should make more dresses!
ReplyDeleteLove your dress and the style; nice fabric, too! You wear it well.
ReplyDeleteI love your dress. It looks terrific on you! I enjoyed an indigo workshop several years ago with Lynn Caldwell at the Nova Scotia School of Design. Great fun!
ReplyDeleteI love your dress! You look wonderful in it!
ReplyDeleteThat dress is just brilliant on you - great sewing and just love the fabric!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful dress!!!
ReplyDeleteA dress - very nice. You look amazing as always.
ReplyDeleteLovely! Will be beautiful with the wrap jacket. I like to cover my arms as well when I go out, but enjoy sleeveless at home. Your shoes rock :-)
ReplyDeleteYou look stunning in that dress.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful dress. The style, fit, and fabric are all beautiful on you.
ReplyDeleteYou look lovely in a dress! You should wear them more often!
ReplyDeleteI am so inspired by your fashion sense. If you have to break down and make a dress, it should be as lovely as this one. Wish I could have joined you for the shibori workshop!
ReplyDeleteI love the dress! Looks fantastic and I think I am going to show this to my mother. She's been wearing pants for years too (feels her legs are too skinny to be shown or something) and this length might convince her to try dresses again. She does read and enjoy the posts of yours I forward to her but this one I am hoping will have a major impact.
ReplyDeleteBut I am more interested in the food, to be honest. Because we eat two very similar dishes here in Haïti: mayi moulin blan and toufe legim. So one is plain cornmeal and the other is an eggplant/tomato/mirliton puree, often with meat or shellfish or conch (or all of them, LOL!). And we eat them together as you have shown.
You look fabulous in that dress. I hope you enjoy wearing it and sew more.
ReplyDeleteOne very Incredible Dress......and one dish that looks so very yummy!! Thanks for sharing!! You're such and Inspiration! :)
ReplyDeleteThe dress is absolutely perfect in every way. Looking forward to seeing what you do with your indigo project.
ReplyDeleteLove your dress and the food looks yummy. Am I the only one who thinks the dress is ever so slightly too long?
ReplyDeleteCarole, I agree with you...thanks for the comment!
DeleteMargy, I hope you make more dresses as I think you look marvelous in this one. Your figure is so pretty and the dress highlights it. I like it VERY much, and think the length works. I did notice the length immediately, but thought you had done so intentionally.
ReplyDeleteLovely! You look beautiful in your dress:)
ReplyDeleteFabulous dress! Obviously you need to make more of these. And I quite like that length on you. It's comfortable for moving around in and not showing off! Especially if you're used to wearing pants instead. ;)
ReplyDeleteLovely blues you got there. I'm growing my own Japanese indigo in my garden and it's nearly ready for a friend to come over and play Blue Hands with me. It'll be fun!
I like your dress so much.... you think its to long? Yes i think only 2 cm........ but anyway , you look really beautiful.
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Christine
That is a great dress and you made it. You look awesome. You've inspired me to experiment with making some of my own clothes.
ReplyDeleteOh my, please DO tell us about the shoes!
ReplyDeleteThe fabric of the dress is gorgeous - and the dress fits you perfectly.
So many people have asked about the shoes...they are Trippens, of course!
ReplyDeleteThe dress looks fabulous, and you look spectacular in the dress. Dress sewing is definitely an event that should be repeated.
ReplyDeleteWhy wouldn't you show off those fantastic legs. Perfect cut for you and impeccable fabric choice as usual.
ReplyDeleteScuse me while my jaw drops and I fall overly in love your look. The dress is perfection, and Trippens are some of my favorite shoes on the planet!! How rare to come across someone wearing a pair. Tips me off that you've got major style.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful dress! I think the length is chic and classy. A tie-on top would surely be a nice look, but you look very, very lovely in this garment as is! Thanks for continually showing age is only a number!
ReplyDeleteMargy, this is: a beautiful fabric, a beautiful design, on a beautiful woman. When I opened your blog, I said WOW! As an earlier commenter said, this is a very nice look without a top. Thank you. Rhonda M.
ReplyDeleteI'm in complete love with you choice of fabric and amazing skills. Beautiful dress, and beautiful you in it. You look justifiably happy!
ReplyDeleteI can alter my clothes a bit, but I'm in awe of your design skills.
Lovely sandals, and so appropriate. Thanks for showing us.
Dresses suit you, so you'll have to make more! I like the skirt a lot--it seems to have the perfect amount of volume. I've passed over that pattern because I have plenty of princess seam dresses, but I may need it for that skirt.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the recipe suggestion. It sounds divine!
Sometimes I have a choice between leaving a comment and reading the other comments. This is one of those times. Just wanted to say you look fabulous, comfortable, fashionable, chic with your beautiful dress, which is a perfect match of fabric and pattern and style for you! I hope you enjoy wearing it!
ReplyDeleteYou look stunning in this dress. It shows your healthy and vitality and amazing figure. Go for it!
ReplyDeleteHow beautiful and vibrant you look in this black and white print dress. And the shoes!
ReplyDeleteGreat looking dress! You look stunning in it; I love the shoes!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat an absolutely beautiful dress. Will. Be. SEWING. IT!!
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