I was inspired by Steph's dress below, so I headed off to Tessuti for the Tessuti Eva dress - a very cute updated take on the maxi, although I did have to lengthen it by 4 inches (note Imperial quiltspeak measurements, lol). I used a light cotton with a slight silvery metallic shine.
Thanks for your inspiration Steph! This is the easiest dress to wear and make, and I might say, hides a multitude of trifle helpings come New Year's day lunch!
My DH has renamed it the Sydney To Hobart Spinnaker: apparently I should be watching out for a strong wind, or I'll be heading off to Tasmania faster than a person can say Wild Oats. Hahaha.
On the quilting front, I finished the Scrap Sunday Morning Quilt, and am really happy with how it turned out, with especial thanks to Marjorie for the divine, generous bundle of scrappy strips that she sent which made all the difference. I quilted it by machine using wonky straight lines in a square grid pattern. It's a great size for a king size bed, and has been warmly welcomed by the puppies.
HUGO: "Excuse me! I'm hard at work test-driving this new quilt!"
OTTO: "Don't worry, I'll test this corner!"
Wonky grid quilting.
Kaffe fabric backing.
I'm making a few more dresses, and then I'll be starting a couple of baby quilts with some adorable charm packs courtesy of Fat Quarter's 25% off Black Friday sale (which is the Friday after Thanksgiving and traditionally a huge sale day - who knew?), great value even with the postage.
Have a happy January, darling ladies. Looking forward to seeing your creations. xxx Denny.
Denny, the dress is lovely and the quilt wonderful. (love the backing) Happy to assist in any way. Especially material, after cleaning out the stash if you need anything else yet me know, as I seem to have a hell of a lot more and have no ideas where it has come from :-).
ReplyDelete