My Dress

Drum roll...I finally finished my first Pretty Ditty dress design. Over the past few months, people have asked if I could turn my apron design into a dress design. I knew that if I was going to make dresses for my shop, I would want the dress to be adjustable and not need a zipper, yet fit as though it did have a zipper. I always find it frustrating that a size 6 in one store can be a size 2 in another, and when you buy something online you don't have the pleasure of trying it on.

Here is the back...

The back of the dress has 3 rows of elastic at the waist band, which is what makes the dress forgiving in size fluctuations.

I do want to make some changes to the dress before I finalize the design. One big change will be the shoulder straps. These straps were... a word that rhymes with stitch, to work with. Another change may be the top. I think I need to add a 1/2 an inch or so to the length. All in all, I enjoyed the process and enjoy my new dress.

I especially like the dress with...

RED shoes =)

As soon as I get my design perfected, I hope to put a couple of dresses up in the shop. However, I will not be able to work on the design this next week because I will be away for a week =(. Mixed emotions, because I want to see this process through. However, who can resist a vacation. I'll be back after the 4th, so Happy 4th of July!

Jamie