Category: outfit

dress, dresses, OOTD, outfit

A couple of outfits from this weekend

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So you know how I wrote about wanting to make my own Luck be a Lady Dress using my own dress as a pattern? I started unpicking and immediately got way too scared and stopped.  And then I saw the green and purple ones come back into stock on Modcloth, so…
Luck Be A Lady Dress
Cardigan: Can’t remember, Valleygirl maybe?  1000 years old.
Shoes: Big W

 Luck Be A Lady Dress in Violet
Cardigan also from Modcloth but not on the site anymore
Tights for Every Occasion in Mustard

I’m pretty much entirely dressed by Modcloth these days.  It seems like they’re the only dresses I really love and wear all the time, I guess because I agonised over them on the website for weeks before purchasing anything. My dresses that I bought in shops are often really cute in the shop, but then when they’re home I think “Huh. Why did I buy this?”

In this weekend’s Canberra Times, my lovely green Luck Be A Lady dress was in the fashion segment!  I was like “What I’ve only had this dress for ONE DAY and already everyone knows where I got it.” But I love my two new dresses, they fit perfectly and because they’re solids I can wear more interesting accessories with them!

OOTD, outfit, skirt

OOTD and my dressing table

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 I have added four little crystal bowls to my dressing table to help display my things!
It really helps me see everything I have.
When things are so neat and pretty, it encourages me to keep this nice and use them more.  I always have had a problem of being messy but I hope this will help! 

 Also, I thought I’d share my favourite perfume – Dior’s Hypnotic Poison. I love the bottle, it looks like a poisoned apple from Snow White!  It’s a beautiful fruity smell, it always makes me hungry somehow. Charles bought me this and I wore it on our wedding day, so it’s my signature scent!  Whenever anyone asks me what I’m wearing, I just say “Dior” because “Hypnotic Poison” sounds too erotic and I get embarrassed *_*

And an outfit!  I am feeling so happy today and my pictures turned out really well because of it 🙂

Skirt: Handmade.  I took it up a bit because it was daggy, and I’m so pleased with the length now.
Shoes: DFO
Top: H&M

Have a lovely day!

diy, OOTD, outfit, sewing, skirt

Black elastic-waisted half-circle skirt

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So the past few weeks Ive done a couple of performances where I needed a black bottom.  I realised this the day before concert 1, Voices In The Forest. It was a lovely opera concert up at the Arboretum, with pretty easy orchestral percussion parts.  The thing was, it was going to be very hot.  I only had black trousers, so I decided to make the easiest skirt posssible.

I used the paper pattern I made in THIS TUTORIAL to quickly cut out my fabric.  I didnt even use pins.
Then I cut the waist a bunch bigger so it would fit over my hips, not my waist.
To make it fit, I attached a piece of elastic to the opening and sewed up the side!  The elastic cinches in the waist so I can pull it on without having to deal with zippers.

Done.  Bam.  Took me like 1.5 hours.

My outufit for Voices in the Forest.

At the Arboretum! It was like 30 degrees.  There were 4500 people there!

We played until after sunset, it was pretty rad.

The next week I wore it in the DRUMatiX concert I wrote about.  Professional photos to come!

And here’s me wearing it today!

This skirt looks nicest with a slightly boofy petticoat underneath.  I’m wearing the one I made way back here.

blouse, buttons, chiffon, diy, OOTD, outfit, sewing

Chiffon Blouse!

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So those of you who follow me on Instagram (my username is cutiefulchristina) or Twitter (@cutiefulchrissy) may know I’ve been working on a certain chiffon *cough* masterpiece *cough*.  In this post I’ve included my Instagram progress pictures and some outfit and worn photos.  I’m really happy with this project!

I have been making New Look pattern 6107, blouse view B with neck ties. So a mixture between view A and view B.  The skirt in this pattern is also super cute.

 Sewing chiffon is difficult.  Last time I sewed a chiffon blouse, I didn’t do proper seams and the whole thing frayed and came apart.  It was very embarrassing.  It was a cute blouse the one day I wore it, and then I saw my elbow poking through the sleeve and had a look, and found that it was beyond saving.
So I used french seams this time, which was kind of difficult since I’ve never done it before.  But I’m confident that it won’t fall apart this time!

Progress shot of it without sleeves, hems, or buttons.

The cute birdies on the fabric.  From far away it just looks like a spotty pattern!

 I completed it last night after MUCH cutting of threads.

Outfits!

 I find that this blouse goes well with my American Apparel trousers.  I couldn’t find much else that goes, in my currently small wardrobe (the rest of my stuff is at my parents’ house).

Looks good tucked in.

The back is acceptable.

It’s hard to see because of the pattern, but there are 6 pearly shank buttons and a neck tie.

Shaped nicely – good darts ‘n’ stuff.  Works untucked too!

Looks good standing on one leg.

I am super proud of myself for this blouse.  It’s going to be a blouse I actually wear!  Can’t wait to wear it with a light coloured skirt, shorts, jeans, a cardigan!  I thought it’d be see through so I bought a camisole, but it turns out it’s fine without!  The pattern is too busy to see through it.  I’m thrilled!  This means it’ll be a lovely cool summer top.  Winner!  I might use this pattern again with a different fabric in future!