Dress design for Shabby Apple dresses

I made a dress......for this

I'm sure many of you are very aware of Shabby Apple dresses.
I just recently became the biggest fan. They. Are. Amazing.

I'm always sketching and I thought I'd finally put one of them to

the test.....yesterday. Talk about procrastinating. It's finished

though and I'm glad I did it.

I joke that I was born in the wrong era. 30's and 40's fashion
is fascinating to me. And I often wish I could sport dresses and
pearls everyday. I'm pretty sure this dress was retro inspired.

I chose green because, let's face it, green is a good color for me.

If I'm going to wear it I might as well wear stuff that looks okay

on me. I was toying with getting a sort of soft gray blue or

raspberry but ultimately green won out! I loved working with

the fabric. I wanted silk and when I found the shantung silk

I fell in love. It's thin and sort of papery. But it sews beautifully.

Aside from ripping out all my hair and redoing the sleeves

3 different times I really enjoyed this process. There will likely

be more to come. A girl can't have too many dresses, right?


This is my super model face....

Are you so impressed?