8.16.2009

Butterick 5130

*Wave, wave, wave (while smiling sheepishly)*

In an effort to break my blogging hiatus, I am going to post some pretty NSFW pictures of myself. Beware, it was COLD and windy when I took these pictures, yeah, if you are shy, go straight to the second picture.

Butterick 5130

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Fabric used was a rayon/poly combination purchased from Fabric.com many moons ago. I cut a size 10. Regarding modifications, I pretty much blindly followed all of Sew Very Prairie's suggestions in this post because both her dresses turned out so freaking cute. These changes include, adding a waist seam/elastic casing and increasing the distance to the under bust seam by 5/8". The other tiny change I made was to shorten the elastic piece that runs across my upper back by 1.5". (I wonder if my upper back is much narrower than my front width?) Is that even possible?

I know I've been an absent blogger. The last few months have been filled with too much excitement, good and bad. But focusing just on the good, I did something I never in my wildest dreams thought that I would be able to do. Seven months of diligent training and a ridiculous set of tan lines later (look at how much lighter my inner elbows are compared to the rest of my arm), I finished my first marathon! Hopefully the free up in time will translate to better blog maintenance.




16 comments:

toy said...

so pretty, I love everything about this dress

Adrienne said...

Very pretty!

soknitpicky said...

The dress is adorable! And congratulations on the marathon!!!

Stephanie said...

Congratulations on your marathon!!! That is a huge accomplishment and you should feel proud!

I love the dress. If fall wasn't closing in so quickly and I wasn't busy worrying over wedding details, I would make this and hope it would come out as pretty as yours.

Anonymous said...

congrats on the Marathon!! That is definitely worth a blog hiatus. But now that you are back we want to see all your great crafty bytes like this wonderful dress. It is on my list as well. Now I am inspired all over again.

Curry Made said...

Love the dress - very pretty!

Gail said...

Your dress is on my best of summer list. Absolutely gorgeous!

Tany said...

So beautiful!

Gretchen the Household Deity said...

What an accomplishment! Love your first trip back into sewingland.

Christina said...

Wow, congratulations on the marathon! It must feel so good to know you can do that. And your dress is just gorg. Looks very RTW!

s.i. michaels said...

This is so adorable! & no worries on the absence--it's completely understandable!

Maja said...

Gorgeous dress!

Melinda said...

I love this dress! It is so pretty. Wow, I am so impressed that you finished a marathon. What an achievement.

sensoussi said...

Very nice dress, as many clothes here!

Unknown said...

Lovely! I hope you'll start posting again more often, because your stuff is always gorgeous!!!

Home business said...

The dress is gorgeous
and I love the color.
You look stunning wearing it.