My making and refashioning of clothes has continued. Here we have Roberta modeling my pink summer dress. I started this dress a few years ago but it got stuffed away in a corner as my costuming for MLHS and quilting became more important. I have to put in the dreaded zipper and hem it up. I know it sounds silly for a Crazy Crafting Cat Lady, such as myself, to actually have a crafting kryptonite, but I do. I'm forcing myself to do more with it and I have a pair of pants to make, complete with zipper, once I finish all the sewing jobs others have comissioned me to do.
Mine and Big D's soon to be sister in law, K-Ruf as we affectionatly call her, is the one that donated all her old clothes to me. (That's where the black skirt with the ruffled kick pleat and the purple shirt came from.) She gave me this lovely dress that someone brought back for her from Venezuela I believe. It needed no alterations and has beautiful hand embroidery. I thrifted the belt for $3 and the shoes for $12. I am so in love with this outfit!!!!
(Not the best picture, but I cropped it from a bigger one of Roberta wearing the outfit)
I thought the shoes I thrifted were a good deal until I found these beauties on a trip to Walmart with Big D. They were on clearance for $9 but rang through at only $3!! You can see Kokanee eyeing them up in the background giving her approval for my deal of a find!!
Now its off to the theatre for a night of "Guys and Dolls". It's opening night and runs until Sunday. For those of you in the Winnipeg area, it's at PTE and starts at 8:00pm!! Come out and see what a bunch of dentists can do!
