I meant to upload them sooner, but like I mentioned before, I've been kind of busy. My boyfriend and I spent Father's Day at his dad's house in West Virginia, where we had neither cell phone service nor high-speed internet. It was beautiful, though. We drove back to Virginia on Tuesday; he went straight to work and I spent about eight hours shopping and wandering around the area (which wasn't so bad because I spent most of my time looking at cooking stuff, and I can literally spend all day looking at cooking stuff).
Yesterday, I drove down to my mom's house because today is her birthday! I was going to give her a thing that I bought earlier in the summer, but I accidentally left it in my apartment, so I bought her a pineapple instead. :D (I learned earlier from my brother that she bought a pineapple slicer recently, so I figured a pineapple would be a good birthday gift.)
I've also been raiding her fabric collection because she doesn't really sew anymore, and I want to make some dresses with her fabric. Of my many great finds, these are the ones that interest me the most right now:
And what exactly am I going to make with so many small pieces of fabric? A patchwork dress is what I'm going to make. I was inspired by a combination of madras plaid and patchwork quilts in general. It will probably be a sleeveless sheath mini dress with a scoop neck and zipper in the front, and I want to add a heart-shaped cutout in the back to give it just a little bit of feminine sexiness. I kind of hope I can finish it before next Thursday because I'm going to the beach with family and I'd like to have a cute new dress to wear there.
I'm also back on track with my website, since I've finally gained access to most of the files I need to finish it. Hopefully it'll be done within the next few weeks. I'd like to get it done before Otakon.
Labels: apron, fabric, patchwork dress, website
