So it was the Vernal Equinox the other week, and although it is currently pissing with rain and about 5 degrees C, it is technically Spring, and what could be better than a brand new Spring dress.
It started as a dress made by Roisin aka
DollyClackett, and a burning desire to have something similar.
I bought the fabric about 18 months ago. It was one of the things that kept me going as I trudged through the SENCO course (remember those happy days?) and the godawful Nursery years (remember those? Only ever in the middle of the night, and then screaming) . It's been in the storage unit and then the loft for ages, and I finally got brave enough to dig it out, and wash it.
As Roisin has said many times, there's no pattern for showing off a beautiful print like an Emery Dress, so an Emery Dress it became.
There's some not quite echte pattern matching, but on a print that busy, I'm not sure it matters that much.
I wore the dress on Mothering Sunday to church and then to Spittalfields market, where I hoped that I would be able to get a few photos of it being worn, but I took it off to try a dress on in Collectif Clothing, and the bloody zip broke. Fortunately, I was wearing a cardigan, so it didn't matter that much, but SO ANNOYING. The zip tape got caught in the teeth, and it tore, so the zip then didn't work. The dress is now in the naughty corner, and I'll mend it when I feel strong enough, maybe in time for the terrific weather we've been promised for the weekend.
Ah well, home sewing may be easy, but it's also frustrating and annoying.
