Catching UP!!!

Well decided to take this week and focus on posting all of those sewing projects that I have completed but failed to post. Since the weather here in Florida is already SUMMER HOT.....and I have some completed winter projects that I failed to upload I've decided to start.

This is an old pattern that I've had for a very long time and decided to make it to wear to dinner with a few friends.Pattern Simplicity Cynthia Rowley 2406.......I love and own a few of her patterns and hope to get around to sharing my completed projects.

Heres my completed dress.....I decided to use a navy blue cotton fabric out of my fabric stash.  

Love the fit, I cut a size 14 and it was just right, I did not have to do any adjustments, this pattern was a breeze.

I was in love with the back of this dress.......the exposure was no too much and not too little but just right to remain classy!

The fit is amazing and as I said before this was a easy pattern, I would do it again maybe in a floral print to wear this summer. Instructions were easy to follow,  for a beginner this would be a good choice. Hope you enjoy my finished project......

One Lovely Blog Award!

Its been a minute since I've posted anything on my very slow moving blog...LOL! This is such a big challenge, working full time, being a mother and trying to find time to keep up with my blog.....and last but not least SEWING.
I've recently went through a bit of a Hiatus.........I'm slowly coming back!!!

I would like to thank Dorothy at http://sewingfunthings.blogspot.com/ for Nominating me for the One Lovely Blog Award.......This was very kind of you and by the way I love your Blog and your postings, I'm officially a new follower!

Thank you Again Dorothy for Nominating me!!!!!

The rules of the awards are as follows:   Add The One Lovely Blog Award/Very bold letters Inspiring Blogger Award to your post.

Share 7 things about yourself.

Pass the award on to 10 nominees.

Include this set of rules.

Inform your nominees by posting a comment on their blogs.

HERE ARE SEVEN  THINGS ABOUT ME!!!!!!!!

1. Besides sewing I spend alot of time playing word games....anything with words. Word searches, word puzzles, scrabble, scramble with friends, ruzzle and anything else that come to your mind . Nobody in my family nor my circle of friends would play me anymore so if you are looking for a new opponent I'm here!!! LOL
2. I am extremely busy Real Estate Entrepreneur, I've been working for myself for the past 17years. I am currently going outside of my element and opening new doors and trying new opportunities that come way.
3. I am a TRUE GOD fearing woman, I love doing bible studies and learning anything new about Our Heavenly Father!
4. I'm a MOVIE fanatic, REDBOX, NETFLIX and the local theatres are my type of entertainment........but only HAPPY movies....no SCARY, SAD or BLOOD and GUTS. Anything that makes me laugh or feel happy!!!
5. I'm a POSITIVE trooper........stay away from negative people, things or places!
6. I am a COFFEE freak, was drinking about 6cups or more a day. I've just weaned myself off regular and have completely converted to decaf and it was such a challenge.LOL!!!!
7. I'm a stress EATER and  SOCIAL EATER..... Thats what I call it!!!.......I LOVE to eat out and love to try new restaurants! So when exhausted with work and completely overloaded with a million things I tend to take off to one of my favorite spots with one of my favorite Diva friends in tow, LOL. It's my Friday or Saturday night wine down treat......But a BAD HABIT!!!!

RTW Designer Knockoff Contest!!!!!

Well tonight is the final night to enter our completed project for this wonderful contest. Since I am such a fan of dress I shared earlier that I was challenging myself to make that Givenchy dress. Well I finally completed it and the results are as follow...........

     

Well was it easy ...............Ummmmmmm Yes EXCEPT that DARN RUFFLE. It gave me a complete headache LOL, I wanted it to look exactly like the photo and boy it gave me a time. I googled it and found some pics of it worn by Kim Kardashian and Ashley Green.

The dress itself was very easy, I used Vogue 8787 skirt bottom and I drafted my top and the peplum. Of course I had to draft that RUFFLE that darn RUFFLE. It was fun and challenging.......REALLY CHALLENGING.....Almost entered without the ruffle LOL. But I kept on fighting and finally I gave in when I thought it looked good enough.......I'm still not satisfied with it but my sister insisted that it looked fine.

And because I waited until the very LAST minute to submit my work ....Low and BEHOLD my camera started acting FUNNY.....so I'm not very pleased with my photos either but oh well did not want all that hard work to go down the drain.

Hope you love it and VOTE for me!!!!!!! xoxoxo

Pattern Review Contest!!!!

YAHOOOOOO!!!!!!


Okay ready to sew as if I ever stop ........I have sooooo many projects that I have to share (LAZY). I have to take the time a get all dressed up or I actually wait until I have some where to go and then I take my pics.

Well since I am the type that works best under pressure and deadlines, I am excited about entering this Pattern Review Contest. So far I have two dresses in mind both are Peplum style my first choice is Elie Sabb..................

And my second choice is Givenchy

And YES I am totally confused!!!!!! I have a wedding to attend in March, so originally I planned on making one of the two. Pattern review contest came right on time so I decided to join. And I didn't want to let myself down by purchasing a dress when I could simply make the one that I prefer.

Well here goes I figure I will use pieces from Vogue 8787. Since I love the fit of the skirt portion this will work and as far as the top is concerned I will self-draft it.

Started my the bottom portion...............By the way this is a lovely Plum color fabric that I purchase for $1.50 a yard from Walmart. I usually would by the cheap fabric and use them for my MUSLIN. But I really like this fabric.......its sort of a polyester/rayon with a little stretch....its actually pretty! Especially for the PRICE!!!

 As I go I will make up my mind on whether I should do the Givenchy or the Elie Sabb. Decisions decisions decisions...........well Hope you all have a blessed day!!!!

XOXOX

HAPPY NEW YEAR.............

Well Hope you all enjoyed the Holidays because I had a BLAST with my family. I haven't been here in a while but I have been sewing and neglected to share my new projects. Decided that one of my new year resolutions would be to stay on top of my blog....good luck to myself LOL. Well I was inspired to make Vogue8787 dress after seeing Mimi G's review, I've seen this pattern a thousand times and completely over looked it. Bought it in October and finally got around to making it in November but as I said earlier I was just being a bit lazy with sharing. I was very pleased with the results and have gotten tons and tons of compliments on it. I really really love it, it was very simple and fit very well. Except I think I can stand to loose a few pounds, but oh well that's another story. Picked this dark red knit fabric from Joann's, thought it was a perfect color for the holidays.

HOPE YOU LOVE IT ...............................Novy

My Collarless Blazer......

I was Sooooooooo In Love with Eva Longoria's Yellow Collarless Blazer.....My Mom is such a pro at tailoring suits which cause me have such a love for jackets........I couldn't wait to go shopping for yellow fabric so I decided to make it with some leftover jean fabric that I had sitting around. I think it came from Joann's not sure but it is pretty light weight so it was perfect for this HOT weather....think we are around 88degrees today. I copied the mesurements from a blazer out of my closet and I did not do any lining......its just toooooooo HOT here LOL. I was very pleased with the results........got alot of compliments and even though its after LABOR DAY I had to Rock WHITE, there was no other way! I think when you LOVE fashion you are entitled to break all of those rules, hey remember its called "winter white". I live in South Florida and we hardly have a winter..LOL! But had to rock it like Eva ...........Hope you love it!!!!

Sewed this beautiful tunic this weekend, I was inspired to try this one out after seeing it on Pattern review. It was just my style and I had the perfect fabric for this project. If you are a beginner then you must try this one, the pattern is extremely easy. I got lots of compliments on this one.....Please don't laugh at my photo's LOL, I really don't like taking photos so thats something I have to work on! ........Please give me your input.........Hope you like it!!