pattern love

a recent thrift score...these pretty vintage patterns

maybe ill sew something out of one of these someday...

my new (old) project

so i started this dress in high school and never finished it. 

i based it off this dress which i am still in love with.  its from the movie uptown girls in the beginning when its her birthday.
i took a cheap dress from forever 21 that was a little big for me so i woud have something to work with.  i shortened the straps and rousched the sides.  i also took some curly strips that were attached to the front off and put them in the left strap.

all i could find at the time were these flowers which i like but are not enough...im gonna get some more stuff from here
i also have iridescent sequins and i might add some beads i have left over from another dress i "made"
no idea what ill use it for since its not like there are any proms in my future, maybe a photoshoot

success at last!

third time really is the charm

I saw this pattern somewhere online, i think it was some blog i had hopped to, and absolutely fell in L-O-V-E with it.  so frilly and girly and amazing! so totally me, and that pink is TO DIE for, if i could buy that dress shes wearing i would!

so i immediately search ebay because you can find anything there and...VOLIA! there it was! i was so excited, but when ending time came around i was greatly disappointed, but that is the nature of ebay.  

so again i searched and searched ebay for days, maybe weeks, and then finally i found it again.  this time i was a bit more proactive i was watching it till the very end, refreshing the page every second (or as fast as the computer would refresh) and i was winning and winning and someone sniped me right at the very end, and i didnt have time to respond.

Finally i found it again the other day, and this time i meant business.  i had two windows open one where i had placed my highest bid but not yet hit confirm another where i was refreshing the page and at about 5 secs left BAM! i hit confirm and won! it was amazing! 

now i have to sew it...