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. 
Very cute – nice save. Love the flowers and the dress is very flattering.
Patricia