year of the dress - Patty Brower

The April Dress. Summer of 1995 (McCalls 7523)

by Patty | May 6, 2011 | finished objects

Greetings courtneylovebears. I can’t believe you’re ten years older than me. How did we get so old? Oh, sigh. Anyway. I know 1995 was a tough year for you but nevertheless, I took a trip in my magic sewing-time-machine and made myself a little baby doll dress....

The March Dress… Vogue 1027

by Patty | Apr 1, 2011 | finished objects

Evening kittens! I’m reeling from an overdose of Flickr and Pattern Review. I realized the other day that if I just finished one more skirt, I could enter the Mini-Wardrobe contest on pattern review. I managed it, but spent a lot of today taking pictures, cropping...

McCalls 5094–the February Dress. A little roses and lace.

by Patty | Feb 10, 2011 | finished objects, plotting

Yay! It’s done! The February dress. After the never-ending string of muslins, I just did one final tweak (shaving another inch or so from the bottom of the center of the front bodice piece) and went ahead with the real-life dress. Behold! Oh! I lied! I also made a few...

The January dress… it’s a wrap

by Patty | Jan 13, 2011 | finished objects

I can’t resist puns. Today’s post is ANOTHER McCalls dress. As I said yesterday, I was so inspired by Stitchywitch’s wrap version that I made my own wrap version today. As a special bonus, I’ll also unveil the shirt version… I really love this version too! Of course,...

Year of the dress… January edition. McCalls 5974

by Patty | Jan 12, 2011 | finished objects

I have been a busy, buzzing bee the last few days! Yesterday I made my crazy Japanese elastic band skirt as well as my unveiled-today McCall’s 5974. Today I made a shirt version of the McCall’s dress and a turtleneck from Kwik Sew 3003. We’ll get to the shirts...