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MMJ 10 & June Challenge Summer Dress 2: Ahh dotty dotty

Friday, June 10

Yesterday the "bug" bit me again. After having promised myself not to sew after work, i decided I wanted a new maxi dress. This time I made sure I chose a simple and fast project. I love sewing yes, but waking up like a zombie in the morning is not my cup of tea. I wanted a maxi dress with sleeves, but I did not have any patterns at home that could help me. So I decided to use the top half of my new look 6816 pattern, as the top of the dress, and then use a rectangle for the rest of the dress.

Last weekend, on coming back from my sister's place, I decided to stop by goldhawk road, not to buy fabric, but to check out what lycra they had for swimming suits. I came out with so much fabric I had to hide them in the back garden before going through the front door, so my husband would not know I had fallen prey to the fabric buying sickness again.

One of the things I bought was this jersey fabric. I got 2.5 metres for £7. I used about 1.5 metres, so I still have some leftovers, which will should come in handy for another project. All in all, I spent about 2 hours from cutting to finishing. Not bad aye?

I decided to tie another headtie because my hair is horrible. I think I need to do my hair this weekend.

Porridge time yay!!!




Yum yum!!





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 Have a cracking weekend everyone.
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25 comments:

  1. House of Pinheiro10 June 2011 at 10:39

    Dibs ! You can sew so fast girl !!! Where in goldhalk road did you get this amazing fabric? I never used jersey but maybe i should give it a go ! xx

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  2. Candice 10 June 2011 at 10:54

    Dibs, this dress is beautiful and you wear it so well! You look beautiful great job!

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  3. Marie10 June 2011 at 11:01

    Dibs, this is soooooo gorgeous...might be my favourite of your many maxis! How do you sew so fast!?!

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  4. shivani10 June 2011 at 11:13

    LOVE IT. Great dress, and it looks great on you. I love the print.

    I am so impressed by your speedy sewing skills! I am just the opposite. so so slow.

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  5. Dibs10 June 2011 at 11:37

    Thanks ladies.

    I got the fabric from the first shop on the side of the Goldhawrk road market entrance. So when you come out of the the train station, cross the road, and its the first shop.

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  6. Anonymous10 June 2011 at 11:51

    Looking fabulous. Love that print.

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  7. Unknown10 June 2011 at 11:51

    Love it, love it, love it. Especially matched with your white belt

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  8. lasandrou10 June 2011 at 12:28

    Wahou !! The dress is beautiful and I love the fabric ! With the dress + the headwrap + the matching belt, your look is very pretty !

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  9. Anonymous10 June 2011 at 12:51

    We have a back garden as well - GOOD thing!!! :-)
    And fantastic dress!!

    /Maria

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  10. Jane10 June 2011 at 13:19

    Gorgeous dress Dibs, it suits you so well. Your description of hiding the fabric in the garden cracked me up! The first fabric shop next to the market is called A1 Fabrics (my personal fave). x

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  11. Roobeedoo10 June 2011 at 13:22

    GASP! You have a Bad Hair day and you still manage to look like a flipping Vogue cover! That dress looks like it cost a lot of £s from somewhere very fancy: it's got that "expensive simplicity" thing going on. Totally jealous. It took me a whole evening to sew a few tailor-tacks.

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  12. molly10 June 2011 at 14:12

    Love the fabric, the dress looks great with the headdress

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  13. Shawnta10 June 2011 at 15:03

    LOVE IT!!!!!!!!! That's all I can say LOL

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  14. Dibs10 June 2011 at 15:06

    lol Roobeedoo, yes, I'm having a bad hair day.

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  15. Forrest10 June 2011 at 15:24

    So pretty! I love it!

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  16. Susan10 June 2011 at 16:58

    You look amazing in your fabulous dress!

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  17. Auset's Stitched Treasures10 June 2011 at 17:02

    Very nice. You look great!
    Angela

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  18. Anonymous10 June 2011 at 17:04

    I am loving that dress. The print is beautiful. And you are killing it in that third photo. You look so regal.

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  19. Unknown10 June 2011 at 17:08

    LOVE that fabric, and it makes a great maxi dress. I too am amazed by how fast you can sew!

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  20. Shannon10 June 2011 at 17:28

    You look very chic! The dress is gorgeous and looks like it came from an expensive boutique- great job!

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  21. House of Pinheiro10 June 2011 at 18:56

    Hi Dibs, I got some jersey today at the shop you recomeended in red pok-a-dot!!!

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  22. Adelaide B10 June 2011 at 18:59

    This is a seriously awesome dress. I love the print and it goes great with this style.

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  23. Alexandra10 June 2011 at 20:16

    Love your dress! its gorgeous.

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  24. Anonymous11 June 2011 at 08:59

    You look so good in that outfit. I like the way you positioned the print on the dress.

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  25. Faye Lewis11 June 2011 at 17:13

    This is beautiful as were the ones in your previous posts! I am so glad that you joined in on the challenge, it actually introduced you to me. Love your blog and you're going into my Google Reader.

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