rarely have time to design and sew clothes for my self.  Nevertheless I felt inspired to design and sew up a dress for the

special occasion.

My first design idea was a halter style white dress.  I had my heart set on using a woven structured fabric and chiffon. I shopped

at the local fabric store and found the perfect fabric. I failed to look at both sides and when I got home I noticed two things, the

fabric was not a true white in natural light and second the side I liked was not the right side of the fabric. This normally would

be okay, I would just flip the fabric and use the wrong side of it! However, this fabric’s right side would be way to hot against my

body for the 98-degree weather that was predicted on weather.com. So off to the fabric store again! I found my final fabric

choice, a twill woven with some stretch in it. I will also continue to use the chiffon.

My final design ended up being a u-neck dress with a deep V in the

back. I added an industrial exposed zipper with a small waist chiffon

tie detail. I finished the pattern fairly quickly, cut the fabric out with

no problems or mistakes. The next step was to start sewing which is

a bitter sweet task for me because most of the time I do not have

the patience to sew details like the narrow edge finishing on the

chiffon or the clean finished rolled hem.  As I put extra effort in

sewing, so I can avoid mistakes and re-dos all is great and THEN!

I come to the neckline and armholes.  I cannot remember, for the life of me, how to sew the lining in to get clean

finished neckline and armholes. After a quick look at my notes and a Google search I got it and completed my little

white cocktail dress.

It was the perfect little white day dress for the perfect intimate backyard wedding! I enjoyed everything from the great weather, to

the lemon cupcakes, to the amazing guest I met. Congratulations to Quetzalcoatl and Jennifer Alvarez! Best wishes to you both on

your new journey together.

Love

Eloisa

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