Wednesday, December 30, 2009

shirt dress placket for the new year

I wanted a new dress/shirt for the new year and since I didn't get anything from Anthropology for Christmas I was inspired to just make my own.
At Target yesterday I saw this shirt dress ( pj's!) & grabbed it, vowing to figure it out as I went.















I looked in my stash & found I had a remnant of this amazing Japanese fabric. I cut a rectangle of fabric & cut it in half. Placed it on either side of the opening & turned under edges. I shaped the top angle, nearest the collar using iron, it's not very precise because I knew the collar would cover it. Top stitched around each piece. I wanted to soften the edges so I added this antique trim & top stitched it.





This is about as sassy as I get at 3 in the afternoon.


9 comments:

Little C and Little J said...

I love it! And, I love your hair, very cute.

ten finger workshop said...

Thanks!! it reminded me of your actually, it's a fresh cut, today in fact!

Juniper said...

What a great dress!! Looks great on you and am really liking the new haircut too- really looks nice on you sis!

meg said...

rockin!

Beth said...

So hip!

steff said...

Wow! I LOVE this, so fresh and cute!

Anonymous said...

Really great use of a cool scrap. Nice New Years photo of you too.
m.x.m.

ten finger workshop said...

Thanks everyone!! I think I'm only going to make things that take 1 hour now, no more of this two month projects. Fast & fresh ! happy newyear to you all.

FiveGreenAcres said...

AWESOME! Great dress. Have to scroll back up and check your hair...
Happy New year to you!