flowers make the world cuter

a few months ago my friend and co-worker k8 asked me to sew her up a bridesmaid dress for a wedding she was going to be in.

i said SURE!

then i heard the color, kelly green or something in that area and the accent color, hot pink.

the thoughts of watermelons came to my head, then i thought..hmmm how ..how can i make this awesome.

first, the material, it was a casual modern wedding, so no heavy materials were needed, originally we thought cotton sateen, but then we went with dupioni silk.

we got a pattern we both agreed on, but then made a sewers worst blunder, cut the fabric 2 sizes too small! YIKES!

ok no panic i thought..i will add side panels, and tweak the dress into a more “mad men” -esq dress.

fine that was settled.

cut, sew, zip…it looked great but, it was a tad too short, like 2 inches and the top of the invisible zipper was well….visable.

OK ..add a bow. and an extra panel hem. CHECK

then i realized…this dress is far too cute to have a plain ole bow.

and i created woven roses on a bed of unfinished silk ( raw edges)

now its perfect and ready to wear for saturdays wedding.