The dress I had planned to wear this weekend was one I bought just after I had my baby and, whilst I did like it, was very much of an 'it will do' choice as it was the only thing available in my size and budget. At the last minute I decided I wanted to buy a new dress. The two friends of mine who were also going to the wedding both had new dresses.
So Saturday a week ago I went shopping, but was again faced with a limited selection in my size and price range. In the end I found a dress at Myer, who happened to be having a 40% off sale. It looked similar to this, but had a plain strap on the other shoulder and was in hot pink not red (I forgot to take a 'before' photo)
I wanted the dress to be 'spangly' because my friend was having a very sparkly dress, so I set to work adding beads and crystals. I also took the flowers off the shoulder strap (but left the ruffle). I added one of the flowers back to the other strap because it looked a little plain.
And this is how the top of my dressed ended up
It made the dress something special and I'm rather pleased with the results. There is a combination of crystals, seed beads and sequins in there.
Hubby also decided that he wanted a waistcoat for the event, so a rush shopping trip on Monday night and every spare minute that I wasn't beading went into making this:
I think I need to make him more waistcoats now! I was aiming for a satin brocade but we couldn't find any so we ended up with a quilting cotton. Next time I'll have to back the fabric with something because it's a bit thin and shows the facing inside, but altogether not bad for a rush job that included fitting adjustments.
Now I can get back to my regular sewing and maybe try to do some of my Christmas tasks.....
LOVE the beaded sparkly top of your dress!
ReplyDeleteAnd great job on the waistcoat!
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Hope you have a great week!
Jill @ Creating my way to Success
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You dress looks lovely with the crystals and beads. What a great idea to dress up a dress.
ReplyDeleteWow Karen you did a spectacular job on that dress! And hubby looks so handsome, great job!
ReplyDeleteI love the way you balanced out the straps with the flowers and ruffles. The sparkles look so nice!
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