I've Moved!

I've moved! I updated my look, and brand after the new year. Now you can find me at Emmy Couture. I'll see you there!

~Emily

Me-Made-May '15: Days 17-26

Dear Readers,

          Photographer Sister is temporarily out of town, so for the next while please forgive the tripod and remote pictures. I understand that they are not the best, but one must do what must be done! Here are the next few outfits:

Day 17:

Refashioned skirt, denim button-up shirt, and white tank-top.

Shoes: Payless

Me-Made-May: Days 3 - 10

Dear Readers,

     I have had one crazy busy week, and this week is shaping up to be even crazier and busier! Here are my outfits for Me-Made-May days 3 - 10:

Day 3:

French Lavender Butterick 6018:

Color Recipes for Spring - Butterick 6018

Dear Readers, 

           I decided to participate in Emily's Color Recipes for Spring contest at the very end. As I have mentioned before, I have been terribly busy, and I did not think that I would be able to come up with an entry. (I also forgot about it until Esther from Dolly Creates mentioned it in one of her recent posts.) Needless to say, I found time. . . After Emily extended the deadline by three days. Seriously, I would not have been able to consider participating if she had not done that. So, thank you Emily!

        I originally spotted this fabric at my local Joann store some time ago. Being the poor child that I am, the $6/yd price was far out of my range. I do not make a habit of buying fabric that is over $2 or $3 per yard. This does limit my choices to the red tag clearance section and to excellent sales that pop up every now and then, but it has never been a problem. Until now. . .

Me-Made-May '15: Days One and Two

Dear Readers,

      It is that time of year again. Me-Made-May '15 is up and running! Here is my official pledge:

     

      'I, Emily of Vintage Dreamer, sign up as a participant of Me-Made-May '15. I shall endeavour to wear at least one piece of me-made clothing each day for the duration of May 2015'

The first two days have already come and gone. For Day One I wore my first variation of Simplicity 1460: 

Spring For Cotton: Emerald Pastille Hack

Dear Readers,
        I didn't even realize it. My blog is a year old. How did that happen? My first post went live on April 28, 2014 as a result of the much-lauded Me-Made-May that is hosted by Zoe. While this post is not written for the purpose of waxing eloquent over the things I have learned, I did want to mention the happy fact that I have managed to stick with my blog for a year. Unlike the countless journals/diaries that I have begun only to toss them to the side within a few weeks (at the most!), I have remained faithful (albeit sporadically) to this bit of online presence. I can say with all honesty that my experience has been entirely enjoyable!
        Moving on!
   I decided that this year I was going to participate in Rochelle's Spring for Cotton sew-a-long. I had many glamourous plans. They did not work out. Instead of being able to introduce a self-drafted dress with the intent of impressing all and sundry; I am quite willing to allow the credit and "glory" go to the very experienced and hardworking independent pattern company: Colette Patterns.

Purple Gingham and Wisteria: Simplicity 1699

Hello Dear Readers,

   Today I have a couple of fun stories for you. The first involves the dress and the other-. . . Well, you will have to wait and see! Behold: 

The Promise of Spring: Forget-Me-Not Anna

Dear Readers,

            Life is insane. At least insanely busy and wearying. I have been working as a nanny/housemaid for about two months now. This has resulted in having less time to work on various projects. Somehow amongst the craziness that I am happy to call my life, I managed to whip up this simple project:

Valentine Ladybug: Butterick 6018

Hello dear Readers.

Today I have a Valentine's dress that I made for my dear sister. I will (mostly) let the pictures speak for themselves:

Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day!

      I hope you all had a fantastic Valentine's day. Mine was filled with chocolate, caramel, sewing (I am making Photographer Sister a "Valentine's dress that should be up on the blog tomorrow.), a little Downton Abbey(I am not particularly fond of the new season so far. . .), and lots of laughter. I wanted to pop in to wish you all a lovely day and show you my outfit. It is not overtly Valentinesy, as you will see, but I thought it worked out rather well.

These pictures were a rather last minute decision so please excuse the silliness!

Roses And Grey Sweaters

Hello,

    I have another dress to show you. Surprise! Here is my Rose Pink Anna:

Mint Anna

Good Grief! 

Time flies much, much too fast when one is busy. But that is life I suppose. Here is another dress that I made over the holiday season: Mint Anna. Or Anna Mint. Whichever you prefer. 

Christmas Dresses

I did it! 

      I made my sisters and myself Christmas dresses and I finished them before the day!

Mustard And Grey

Howdy, howdy!

          Here is another dress that I made a bit ago, but, due to the lack of the correct thread color, I have just now finished it.

Green and Cream Pastille Dress

I have two projects to show you today: The Colette Pastille Dress, and the Miette Cardigan! I finished this cardigan up a while ago, but never managed to blog about it. Therefore, you get two projects for the price of one!

One-Week-One-Pattern

Hello!

    I participated in One-Week-One-Pattern this past week. (For those of you who have no idea what I am talking about, you can look at Miss Jane's post.) When I first saw OWOP I did not read the details very closely and therefore I thought that we were supposed to be sewing a new outfit from the same pattern every day! I knew that I could not do that so I ignored it. Then when I saw all the lovely giveaways that only participants of OWOP could enter I thought, "Hey, I'm going to go check that out again!" I am glad I did. I had a lot of fun with this, with or without giveaway opportunitues! I chose Simplicity 1460 as my pattern for this week. (Surprise, surprise.) Without further adieu, here are my pictures:

Day 1:

Simplicity 1460 bodice with a half circle skirt.

 When I originally made this dress I took my length of skirt fabric and gathered it and simply attached the whole thing to the bodice. Needless to say, it did not work out too well. The length of the skirt was not the most flattering, what's more, I just did not like it. (Unfortunately I do not have any "before" pictures.) I knew I had to change the skirt and OWOP was the final shove to fix it up. I simply took the old skirt off and cut out a half circle skirt.

Red-Checks and Teal By The Ocean

Hello!

Instead of a MMM post, I actually have something rather "fun" to write about. Here is my newest make:

Me-Made-May Days 15-18

Here is my next MMM roundup! Nothing particularly exciting, but there are a couple outfits I really liked.

Day 15:

Shirt: Me-made, Simplicity 1460
Skirt: Me-made, self-drafted circle skirt
Hat: Unknown, I borrowed it from my older sister
Hair Flowers: Me-made
(Outfit post coming up!)