I haven't been motivated in the last 3 or 4 weeks to photograph any of my recent makes. Initially when I set on this blogging odyssey I wasn't even going to take that many photos of me, but rather post photos on my dressmaker dummy. But now that I've been mostly blogging photos of my mug to showcase my frocks I guess I'll stick to that plan.
In lieu of a new frock shot I shall share a few recent ebay purchases. It is hard to stay away from pattern shopping on the interweb. And I do like some vintage patterns.
Hard to go past a good classic 70's wrap dress. I haven't actually tried a wrap dress before purely because of the amount of material that you usually require. This one however doesn't appear to be too bad. And I loved the bodice and pockets for the 1950's pattern.
Love love loved the 70's sun dress pattern. A super easy pull over the head little number. However, it does use a poo load of material (4m). I can't really see how it would given the bodice and skirt are separate pieces, and I'm not sure it's cut on the bias or anything. And finally the 60's dress above was just too divine to pass up. I can definitely see me in the red version.
And finally, when in doubt make another cat themed frock. I bought this lovely material from a little gifty knick-knack shop. And I'm going to give this old favorite Cynthia Rowley pattern another burl using the dress version.
I bought about half a dozen patterns on the weekend when I was away at the coast with a friend. Surprisingly I bought mostly 80's patterns. I'm tempted to try my luck at culottes or just some fullish style shorts. Also there were some decent elastic wasted dresses which I could alter to give them a more modern finish. I really didn't see myself ever buying 80's patterns. I mean, been there done that. Wasn't a big fan of that decade, particularly the fashion. And don't get me started on the couple of times I permed my hair. Fortunately those hideous times aren't very well documented.
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