June 27, 2008

My Dress

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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...



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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

6 comments:

Sue said...

looks beautiful!

Anonymous said...

I LOVE the dress!! I will be one of your first customers!
Laura

Pretty Ditty said...

Thank you =)

Giabella Designs said...

Looks great! Now if only I could order a size 6 body to go with it! Have a happy 4th!

Miranda said...

FABULOUS!!! I love it! Good job Jamie :)

Pamelamama said...

Must. Have. Dress!!!