evil eye

dress - self made

last year

my virtual kalkatroonian sister and i

exchanged boxes full of goodies

there were dresses and fabrics inside my box

and then, there was this chiffon with evil eye print

whole 5 meters of it!

i loved all of  the prizes from that magic box

but with this chiffon i got obsessed!

it has to be made into something really special

something i'll love more than my other makes

..

so i waited and waited for the right pattern to show up

and there it was, in december issue of burda 2013

..

don't remember ever being so excited about sewing project

or so obsessed

all of the bodice parts are lined in self fabric

so all the pieces has to be cut twice

but look like only one layer when basted together

 (meaning print has to match precisely

not an easy thing with such fidgety fabric)

..

and, since i got so obsessed,

when i started to feel tired

instead of going to bed

i couldn't stop working on dress

it has to be finished!

so, around 2 am

when it was finally done (all seams serged)

 i tried it on

and realized that i managed to sew one of the sleeves inside out

and now the pattern direction is totally off

(funny thing is, that i marked the 'right' sides of the sleeves

to prevent this disaster

since the fabric looks the same on both sides

and since i marked them

i felt there is no need to double-check is everything ok)

..

anyways

mistakes or not

this is still my favorite make ever!

..

mokosha