the same dress worn three times in two weeks

Some school friends were getting married and invited the bf and I to their wedding. Greg was in the wedding party and was wearing a tux. I wanted to make a dress. After surveying my sister and two friends, I decided on a Cynthia Rowley pattern from Simplicity. I didn't like the trendy sleeve, so I made a proper short sleeve. I spent four hours trying to sew in pockets, eventually deciding to abandon them. I spent the better part of a day fussing about with the facing, eventually ripping it all out and trusting my instincts instead of the pattern instructions.



I wore it to the wedding and received a compliment from a wedding guest I didn't know. I wore it out to my goodbye roommate dinner. I plan to wear it again to a party later this week.



A good choice, I'd say.

Remade

I really liked my Mimi & Marge necklace, but I didn't like it as a pendant. So, I asked my clever friend Melissa- who is an artist, a jeweler and a musician- if she could change it for me. She kindly agreed.

She replaced the chain, and when she returned it, she returned my chain with a lapis charm that she'd made during a session teaching at the shop she works at.



She gave me both at dinner the other day, which was the first time we'd seen each other since her band's CD release and their cross-country tour. They're on a short break and then back on the road again in the next couple of weeks. I plan to make something to give to her when they make a Halifax stop in October.