golf course dress

dress - bodice: burda magazine 01/2012, #114 (modified a bit)

 + half circle skirt

found this printed cotton twill with golf course print

and no matter how crazy it looked

i just had to have it

..

since the print is pretty insane

i chose to make a really simple dress

and tried to eliminate as much seams as possible

so the skirt is cut as one piece..

and it ended up being way too short,

but no way i can fix that now

..

struggled a bit with how to cut the bodice

and not end up with one of those sand traps

creating funky paramecium-like patch on one of my boobies

and accidentally ended up with 'hole' positioned right where my heart is

(while two guys and their golf bag

are standing suspiciously near my crotch area..

so.. it ended up being kinky dress instead of funky

and has a bit strange opinions on

 how should a way to woman's heart look like

or at least where it should start)

..

mokosha

high neck

dress - burda magazine 10/2015, #111

don't remember that i've ever before waited

for new burda magazine to hit the stands

as with this issue..

few minutes after i got my copy

i was in studio, tracing pattern for dress #111

..

fabric is a remnant box find

some sort of rayon blend, with a bit of stretch

and it actually has two good sides

(the other side looks like a negative of the one i've used)

..

i've already traced and cut the pattern

when noticed that stretch is lengthwise

not crosswise, as i thought

but was too eager to start sewing

that i decided to ignore that fact, and go with it anyways

so the dress ended up being a bit snug at the hips

(if i ever make it again

gonna go a size bigger at the hips

or chose the fabric that stretches in right direction)

..

not being a fan of waist tucks

i turned them into double pointed darts

which simplified the look a bit

..

mokosha

summer bits and pieces

there are three lakes at the edge of nikola's hometown

and this summer

instead of traveling abroad

we bought an inflatable kayak

and went to explore them

..

lakes are artificial 

created on river uvac

when three hydroelectric power stations were built

they are pretty narrow and pretty long too

perfect for paddling

..

needless to say we had the best active vacation ever!

we would explore one lake for couple of days, 

then deflate kayak

pack it up and hike to the next lake

and do it all over again..

..

now if i only can sew us some warm paddling outfits

so we can go paddle all year round

..

mokosha