*Sew 'n Tell

 I've been doing a LOT of sewing lately.  Here is Erin's bridesmaid's dress for Jonathan and Kandyce's wedding.  Made from an Indian silk sari, using Simplicity 2648, View C, with modifications, which included:
-lining the entire dress (not in the pattern!)
-narrower straps on the scoop neck
-a completely different skirt. As I mentioned in the previous post on this dress, the skirt we substituted is an A-line I drafted using instructions from this wonderful book.
-using the sari border embroidery for a waist band and bottom border which is attached to the lining fabric under the silk skirt.

The dress needs a good pressing, (Erin read this before you do it!), but it's done and tomorrow it goes in the mail.  It just better fit!  If we made the adjustments from our sample dress correctly, it should.  It doesn't quite fit me in the places that Erin and I are different, so I'm hopeful!

I love the waistband.

Another little project completed before Easter was this little sweater and dress for Clara.  The little dress is made from Simplicity 3808. I added the ruffle at the bottom.

The sweater is Elizabeth Zimmerman's February baby sweater from her wonderful little book, Knitter's Almanac.  It also has mess-ups modifications, which mainly include tweaks to the gull pattern of the body of the sweater.  I must remember to keep a paper and pencil handy to write down completed row numbers when I'm working on a pattern that is more than a two row repeat.  Otherwise, I end up with ...er ... modifications.

Next on the sewing agenda:
-cushion covers for the veranda seating at the wedding reception
-a dress for Clara to wear to the wedding using the left-over sari silk and this pattern, which is kind of like her Mommy's dress.  I anticipate some cute mother-daughter pictures!

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*Thanks to Thomas for suggesting a better title.