Here is the tea cosy I made for my friend T for her birthday. It is the Roly Poly pattern (again!) from Wild Tea Cosies by Loani Prior. I know, I know, so many Roly Polies, but they are cute, no?
Tea Cosy, specimen 7
Golden green cocktail dress
Today I have pictures of a cocktail dress I made for my daughter. The spring green crinkled silk was a remnant, and the beaded net was leftovers from a dress that she had made for herself. The pattern I used as the basis for the dress is Burda 8613 that I had bought about 6 yrs ago to make a dress for her! Obviously her shape has changed a lot since she was twelve!, so I adjusted and fitted to get a good look for her… Luckily for her she is slender enough to carry off a sheath dress like this one.
I love these colours on her; she has green eyes and strawberry blond hair and these greens and golds just glow on her…
Happy New Year!
New Year’s Day is a time to reflect on your life over the past year and to dream up a few resolutions as to how to do it better next year… Hmm, well apart from the usual suspects; get fit, keep in better contact with loved friends and family not in my immediate orbit, eat more healthily (not so much chocolate and more salad)… I’ve not got much to wish for, things are good and I feel very optimistic about the coming year.
I suppose if I’m to hope for anything at all for 2010, it is for a calm, restful and peaceful year, and that is reflected in my dress today; calm, restful and peaceful colours, but with sparkly shoes for a tiny bit of pizazz… I made my necklace during my beading fad a few years ago. I’ve worn it only periodically as its kind of showy for my tastes… but I like how its mass of pearl beads are kind of like bubbles in a glass of champagne, sort of celebratory, which seems appropriate for New Year’s Day.
Today the boys of my family are going sailing together and I will walk on the beach, afterwards we are visiting friends for a BBQ.
Details:
Dress; Burda 8071, cream broderie anglaise cheesecloth
Petticoat; Metalicus
Cardi; coffee and white net, my own design
Shoes; Anna, from Marie Claire shoes
Necklace; my own design
