Birthday Countdown - The Dress

That is all. (Ahaha.)

Leopard Print Fur Coat

*whispers* the leopard print coat is finished.

 

The pattern is Butterick 5569.

  

Alterations: 

The collar. I took 2 inches off the width. It would have been far too wide and flapping around all over the place. I also rounded off the corners.

  Pockets. The pockets in the pattern are stitched into the side seams. Instant hip-enhancement. Bleh. I swapped these for some square pockets on the front of the coat.

I used some vintage buttons I've had for, you know, ever, to match the lining.

 

 Kitties!

 

 

I used lining on the underside of the collar to make it sit flat.

 

And now here I am looking fabulous in it.

  

Oh I say! It's Lady Winchestah! Hurrah!

 

 

  

 Showing off my vintage bits

 

Looking generally pleased with myself

 

 And the rest of my outfit today

 

Cardi - Dangerfield

Skirt - Wyse

Tights - Cotton On

Cami - Jay Jays

Necklace - a gift from Hair Goddess Sarah

Boots - Opshopped

 

 Am  I pleased with myself?

 

Do I think I look awesome?

  

Yes yes.

  

Topped my look off with this fabulous bag I received as an early birthday present from my cousin.

  

Probably would have been less pleased if I'd known my hair resembled a mad dandelion all day.

 

Yikes.

 

Birthday Countdown - The Jewellery

Seeing as it's my 30th birthday this year, my birthday present to myself is something a leetle special. I love Samantha Wills jewellery, so I treated myself to a few new baubles. Happy birthday, me!

 

This is the Young American range, which you can view here

Each piece of S.W jewellery comes in a little velvet bag, in a little carved wooden box. 

 

 I treated myself to a ring

 

And the matching earrings & necklace

 

 The stone is a beautiful grey-green tone which should look pretty nice against my dress.

 

I may not wear the necklace with my dress, as they will probably get tangled up in each other. But I will be wearing the earrings & ring on The Day.

 

Face-off

This is as close as Molly and Biscuit Face come to being friends (ie, not at all).

 

BF is that fluffy lump out there on the lawn.

Molly is the hissing, growling, wailing idiot who refuses to be friends.

  

But BF is not intimidated. He will not leave. He merely whines mournfully and looks hurt.

 

Then I go out to play with him and everything's ok again.

 

Isn't he a charmer?

  

Here's one I didn't prepare ealier

So ModCloth has had this cute dress available in various colours for a while now, including a polka dot version. It's called the Luck Be a Lady Dress. This powder blue version is my favourite.

 

 

I really like it, even though I don't think it would completely suit me. It has a high neckline, which usually strangle me. In any case it's kind of pricey, once you factor in postage to Australia. So I'm wondering whether I can make it in either of these patterns.

Butterick 4443. I don't think it looks very shapely here, but I'm sure it could be once it's been filled out by my substantial bosom. It should be easy enough to round out the neckline too.

 

 Simplicity 1802. The picture here isn't great but you can see it has a lot of shape to it. I think it could be quite effective if made in all one colour. I think I prefer this design... I think?

 

Remember that 4 day sewing spree I mentioned? Didn't happen.

First the car broke down. AGAIN. Didn't really feel like sewing by the time I'd finished swearing at the bloody thing.

Then I fell down 2 measly stairs in a bar and sprained my ankle. I can't really sit at a sewing machine with one leg sticking out to the side (not comfortably anyway) while I keep my foot up. I have, however, made headway on the leopard print coat and will hopefully be showing it off this week! 

Yay! *attempts cheerfulness*

Boots of awesomeness

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New on-sale boots. From Wittner.

 

This is my Lady Winchestah face. Sexy, no? Cup of tea anyone?

  

  

 

I would have put these pics up yesterday but blogger or my computer is being a total C U Next Tuesday and uploading all my photos like this.

 

 

Is this happening to anyone else or am I just lucky?

Dress & jumper from Dangerfield, jacket made by me about 3 years ago.

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See? I'm alive!

I just realised it's been almost a week since I posted anything and I've been generally absent from commenting on all the blogs I follow... various reasons apply, which I won't waste time whinging about! Get on with it! (she said to herself)

I also haven't done any sewing but I do have some good news - I have a 4 DAY weekend coming up and I plan to spend much of it sleeping and sewing and celebrating my Beloved's birthday.

I will hopefully finish this coat I've had going foreverrrrrrrr now:

 

The pattern is Butterick 5569 and I'm making the mid-length version in (surprise!) furry leopard print. (Or it might be cheetah?)

  

I also have a new bag design to try out. I've had 3 handbags this year so far (all retail) and each has broken in a different way. So I must make one! I can't show the design here because it's still in my head, but I can show off the 1940's polished cotton I'll be using:

 

 

It's very soft and thin, so it needs some serious lining. I've only been wondering what to do with it for about 2 years now.

Finally - speaking of birthdays - The Countdown is ON. It's just one month til my own birthday, and it's worthy of a countdown because it's the big 3-0 this year. Yikes! It's like I'll be a Real Adult or something. So the next month will be peppered with posts about the dress, shoes, cake, theme, and suchlike (because there WILL be a theme! With costumes!)

For now, here are the shoes I plan on buying:

 

Full costume reveal still to come! (As well as actual sewing posts.)

Oh! And speaking of shoes! I finally made a decision about which pretty items to buy for my feet. I can't wait til they get here! And I have some awesome boots to show off tomorrow. Whew!