Oct 13 2008
Apple Dress
I started out my day by pouring coffee on my Golden Grahams. Thankfully, the flavor combination wasn’t half bad. However, due to that not-so-auspicious beginning, I’ve been trying to play it safe and stick to tasks I shouldn’t be able to screw up too much. I thought laundry was a good idea, but managed to shrink my husband’s favorite wool stocking cap. It looks as if it would fit a Lilliputian now. Hey, at least it’s a clean Lilliputian hat!
So, for now, I’m going to sit in this here chair and read through my favorite blogs. That seems fairly harmless, right? I can also show off my latest creation. Voila! The orange apple dress!
It’s a dismal grey day outside and I couldn’t coax my model into venturing forth to take prettier photos. That’s all right. She hammed it up pretty good indoors.
She gave the dress two thumbs up for its twirliness (is that a word?).
The number of pieces invovled in this project daunted me initially, but the actual construction was straightforward. I just had to take my time (two weeks or so) and proceed carefully. I’m really pleased with the result. I made it a little bit on the large side so she’ll have room to grow.
I found the fabric at a thrift store a few weeks back. Claire says she’s going to pretend the orange apples are really pumpkins. Hey, if she’s happy with it, even if it requires a dose of her imagination, I’m happy too.
The pattern is from Ottobre - Autumn 3/2005.
I have been looking forward to seeing this Otto dress and it looks fantastic on her. Oh, and twirliness is definitely a word in my books.
The dress and the model are super cute, looks like the perfect twirly dress!