Sweater Dress- Yes Please!

Love this sweater dress!

Must make one!
Click here to see the tutorial!
It just looks so comfy..

Brown Version

These cozy - knit/stretch dresses are so trending now!
I can't wear stripes at work- but I love, love ... love this time of dress.
But why buy one... for $30 when you can make one for about $12?


That cute blue dress (can see HERE)-- was so easy, so comfy and so fast to sew!
So I made a second!

It's just brown.
kind of boring.
When I bought the fabric- I thought maybe that was too safe?
(I really like patterns- but I am gun shy- in picking out a patterns. Especially one that will work- at work, as an ASL interpreter.)

I am glad I made a solid brown dress.
It is a neutral - that will look great with many of my cardigans.
I can see wearing this and the blue dress a lot!
Did I mention how comfy it is?
It's like wearing cozy pajama's to work! Except- I don't look like I am wearing pajama's.

 

 

I cut the dress- exactly the same as the blue dress. (YES! the front is cut smaller than the back- lol)

Besides that goof-up,  I had modified the pattern to accommodate my smaller top half-- to my larger bottom half...

 

This time- when the pattern with fabric was cut out...

I placed the top piece over the bottom and lined up the silhouette's. I made sure they were the same. (trimmed where the shapes didn't match up)

That took care of the bubble- problem I had with the blue dress.

 (so glad I figured out the problem.)

 

Sleeves are the same as the blue dress.

 

So cute! I love this pattern. But I am going to limit myself to 2 dresses.

I feel like I have conquered this pattern.

(I might make another one in the future- a striped dress? Wouldn't that be fun for summer?)

 

I need to move on... continue on my path- of learning how to sew.

 

Buttons next! (gulp)

Ready or not...

Here I come!

 

Some Inspiration Obsession!

Look what you can do- when you can sew!
Kristina is amazing- I love this dress.



She bought two dresses from Wal-Mart's clearance rack to make this shirt dress. You have to go see Kristina's blog: (click here). To see how she restyles her wardrobe to make unique chic fashionable outfits.

She has even written a book!


I love Kristina's blog so much!
How amazing would it be to have her guide- holding my hand through amazing projects?

I know I said I was going to learn to sew-- on a budget.
But this might be a MUST HAVE...to avoid some DIY epic failures. (Don't you fret- I plan to post my failures along with my successes. Just to keep things real. lol)
I bought the book using some Christmas money- (so thank-you mom!)
I feel like - this is a MUST have- for my goal of 2014. I mean, she is living  my dream.

I would love to pull out of my closet- those clothes I bought- for whatever reason.. but leave me unsatisfied of the fit, form or fashion-- and turn it into something I want to wear every day!

Yes- sign me up.
That is the world I want to live in.

I also love that her restyled fashions are age appropriate for me- and modest.
That really sealed the deal.