All my Dresses:part 9

Another week, another 6 dresses. I was just about done and then I opened a vintage hard-side suitcase I keep in the bottom of the closet with vintage clothes I rarely wear... and don't you just know it? There were a handful of dresses in there just waiting to be pressed and worn. So the project rolls on...
Have a great weekend. I'll be racing in a triathlon this Sunday so no dressing up for me. I have to take a break once in a while :)

Gray shift Made By Me, with paper bead necklace, also MBM. Button print dress, MBM; black dress thrifted; white dress with blue flowers MBM; vintage green dress thrifted; black polka dot dress thrifted.

Also, I got a haircut; you may have noticed.

All my dresses: part 6

What?!?! This project is still going???
Yes, I'm afraid so. It's like running a marathon. You just have to keep chugging along until you get to the end. Once you start and you've committed to finishing, well, then you just keep going. :)   Lesson for life? YES. Just keep going.

I finally wore my spats! I've had them for years and was just waiting for the right item to pair them with. Since booties are in this year, these make any pumps into button-up booties. I love them and they are real 1920's spats from Box Cloth Company of Chicago.  Makes me want some bathtub gin! I guess I better get myself out to see the new Gatsby ASAP! Have a great weekend.

Red & white vintage dress thrifted; sage green peplum dress Mady By Me; white cotton dress from Target, orange vintage dress thrifted and altered; pink and gray dress from ModCloth; SPATS! thrifted; button ring Made By Me

Peplum dress from Butterick 5520, fyi.

Made by me Navy Dress

This dark navy blue dress has the cutest white button print with tiny red thread in the button-holes. 2-3 yards were given to me by my dear friend Karen for my B-day about 5 years ago. I FINALLY made a dress out of it. A simple dress with a zipper in the back, a bit of gathering at the top of the sleeves, and a matching tie for the waist (but I like to wear a red, gold, or black patent leather belt with it as well).

And I made a skirt too.
Fabulous!

Sewing Projects

New skirts! I spend the past week making a few of these for my Etsy shop. I have a few more cut but not sewn together yet. It's been fun to make a small run of unique and cute little skirts. I hope they will land in good homes. And I got to use up some of my back-stock of fabrics. Now I have a good excuse to by some new yardage!

My hand-made button bracelet.

Mix and Match

I was inspired by the dress (ModCloth soda fountain dress) to pair it with the red belt. I thought, "Desert sunset." Then I needed a sweater and this strawberry vintage cardigan had just a hint of red to match, but no yellow or gold so as not to be too matchy. I don't like matchy-matchy and I warn you to avoid it. It is too matronly and square. And I love preppy-style, but you can go country club without being overly conservative.
The green in the sweater inspired the green plastic rose earrings. What a fun dress-up day!

Notes on the sweater: It was a gift from a friend in a box of vintage. It is very old and worn with small holes. Over most of them I have sewn buttons of various reds. I like the added texture and uniqueness of that look, and I love buttons too. For the front closure buttons, the sweater had some mismatched plastic pearl buttons -- I replaced them all with slightly different greens but all the same size. This has become a special item that I will wear until the day it completely falls apart.

(Beaded necklace, Goodwill; earrings, gift; shoes, Remix; socks -- Little Tokyo mall -- I got into wearing these when I lived in Japan, now I can't bear to be without them. :)