Sheets to dresses. The yay-tastic journey progress.

The flowered duvet dress is coming along.

I'm loving the piping. I hadn't done that detail on a dress in a while because of how hard it can be, but I so love it, I decided to take a crack at it. I piped the side pocket top and the bodice and shoulders. I really like the look of the piping next to the same fabric yoke. Its a nice detail.

I decided to stitch the dress in yellow thread. No particular reason other than I have a cone of the stuff I never use.

With the piping because it was so dark, I had a dilemma. The fabric was a bit see through, so I had to face it, like I always do, but for the bodice I couldn't face the facing piece because when I folded it over, it would show the line of piping.

I had to face the front of the bodice, add the piping, then finish the construction. Way too much work, I say. Even with all my preparation I made some mistakes.

Mostly with the collar because I accidentally sewed the faced side to the back bodice of the dress, and not the top layer and on the top side of the collar you can see some of the piping showing through. Not too much, but a bit.

Also I found a few blemished in the duvet fabric after the fact.

Like this hole in the collar I didn't see until...now.

Ah well.

I'm planning on wearing this dress to a BBQ this Saturday. I should have it completed by this evening.

My new hat.

Well I finished the hat from my earlier announcements of my Queen Mary wardrobe. I had blocked off the whole afternoon to do it, but it took under an hour (sewing only). The brim I used part of my beret to get the size right, then altered it to what I liked. I ended up making a whole pattern. I trimed the brim in wire so I could shape it.

I was going to line the hat, even shape the crown with buckram, but it didn't need it.

I also planned on attaching the yellow roses to the hat, but I like the simplicity of the hat on its own. Ill do it like they did in the 30s and tilt up the brim and wear the flowers beneath it.

This is gonna look so cute with my dress.