Just a quick note to pop in and say “hello!” to all my lovely friends! My apologies if I have been tardy in responding to comments or commenting on your blogs… I am in the throes of wrapping up midterms before Spring Break next week. (Hurrah!!!) So my mind has been on books and exams lately!
Remember this sneak peek last week? Here is the dress it became! I’m pleased as punch with how it came out, ‘cause I fell in love with the soft, windowpane plaid cotton when I spotted it. I was somewhat terrified that the dress would end up just being a sack, since it is so loose-fitting, but a belt remedies a thousand things. hehe! I modified the length and sleeves a bit, to make it more me. Click on any of the photos or my Burda Style page for more snippets of “technical sewing” details!
Here is the Vintage Monday (on Tuesday… but I had a test yesterday, so I hope I can be excused for the belated feature!) installment for this week! Another 1940’s inspiration! I love the dress on the left especially; the sweet bow and stripy fabric just seals the deal for me. hehe!
Have a lovely week my sweet friends! I shall return around Thursday or Friday–hopefully in a much less distracted state! hehe!
Cheers!
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elegant musings 
March 4, 2008 at 11:04 am
Good luck on midterms, my friend! Like I said, love the dress, and I love the vintage inspiration for the illustration style if nothing else – so sweet!
March 4, 2008 at 11:38 am
What a pretty dress! I really adore all of you pretty dresses, in fact I love your whole wardrobe! I have the hardest time with sewing. bit I’m working on it.
March 4, 2008 at 12:03 pm
That’s lovely!! Did you make the pattern yourself!? The neckline is so elegant! 🙂
Oh, and I LOVE that pattern image below! The dress on the left…I need that in my closet!! 😉
Best of luck with your mid-terms!! 🙂
March 4, 2008 at 1:05 pm
Wow. You are just ridiculously cute in that dress. It’s lovely. The belt is fabulous, too.
March 4, 2008 at 1:06 pm
Oh it’s so cute! I’m in mditerms too, so I’m only dreaming of sewing. I feel like if I do it when I’m too tired I’m full of mistakes. But the burdastyle website still gets plenty of my time!
March 4, 2008 at 1:47 pm
What pretty pictures! 🙂 This dress is absolutely a gem! Great job!! And I agree – the red belt just adds pure elegance!
I hope your classmates can focus on their midterms!! They’ll be straining their necks to see who made such a gorgeous dress!! 🙂
Good luck with your midterms! 🙂
March 4, 2008 at 1:47 pm
Whoops! I left the wrong URL! I’m wordpress now, not blogspot! 😉
March 4, 2008 at 2:52 pm
Lovely, lovely dress Casey! Good luck on your midterms!! Just keep looking forward to spring break : )
March 4, 2008 at 4:02 pm
Cute dress, Casey! I love the windowpane fabric. Good luck on your midterms! ♥
March 4, 2008 at 6:31 pm
that is a lovely dress! thank you for commenting on my blog 🙂 i will be sure to try that sandpaper tip. Best of luck on your midterms!
March 4, 2008 at 6:38 pm
Your dress is beautiful and very vintage! Good luck with your mid terms 🙂
March 4, 2008 at 10:23 pm
oh -good luck on your exams. The dress is really perfect and the style is wonderful on you!
March 5, 2008 at 6:22 am
Oh good luck with all the exams and studying! I do hope it is all going well.
I have loved all your clothing creations from your last few posts (I had a few to catch up on) you have been busy!!!
March 6, 2008 at 7:24 am
Thank’s for stopping by my blog 😉
I’m really in awe of the way you can run up these lovely dresses so fast! It takes me ages just to refashion an existing piece of clothing. I have a long way to go before I get close to your level of skill methinks 😮
Hope your exams go well 😉
March 6, 2008 at 11:19 am
Look how popular your dress is! We all LOVE it! Great job once again! 🙂
I just wanted to let you know that I am having some fun on my blog, and practically giving some treats away! 🙂 Come see!
March 6, 2008 at 11:33 am
[…] quickly poking my head in to say a big thank you to your dear comments about my dress, as well as the exam well-wishes!!! I have one more review before Spring Break […]
March 8, 2008 at 8:41 am
That dress is beautiful. I wondered where you were going from last week sneak peek. It’s very you, well done and fingers crossed for your exams!
March 9, 2008 at 7:53 pm
Hi! I found your blog through Burdastyle and you make the most adorable things. This dress looks great and you look so cute in it!