Sequin Fabrics in Stock

Here are the sequin fabrics I have in stock and here are some purses and pouches I use them on:

Purple and Pink Ain't for Sissies

Thanks to these wonderful curators for featuring my Small Princess Bag in their treasuries!

http://http://www.etsy.com/shop/WhiteCamilla?section_id=11409549
Purple Heart from UnlimitedCraftworks

http://http://www.etsy.com/treasury/MTY0NzAzMjl8MjcyMzI3NjkzMA/purple-heart?index=0
Sweet Pinks from endesign

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/MTI0MTY4NTV8MjcyMzE3NzI4OA/sweet-pinks?index=1
Friendly Persuasion from midnightcoiler

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/NTU3MDkwMHwyNzIyOTYyNjUy/friendly-persuasion?index=2
Hot Pink by PearlesPainting

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/NTkxOTU4MXwyNzIyODQ4OTE4/hot-pink?index=3
Sweet Autumn from AstaArtwork

http://http://www.etsy.com/treasury/MTk3MzYxNjF8MjcyMDY5NDM5NQ/sweet-autumn?index=4
Purple and Friends from OneDesign4U

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/MTgwODkzMjd8MjcyMDU0MDIwMQ/purple-and-friends?index=5
Hot Pink and Grey from gBoutique

http://http://www.etsy.com/treasury/Nzk5MDUwN3wyNzIwMjU5MDIz/hot-pink-and-grey?index=6

My New Pink Dress

Well, here it is folks. I finished it last night and wore it to work today, so it may look a little wrinkled, but I like it just fine.

Of course, as any seamstress knows, you need to be prepared for anything and be flexible. So here's some of the "challenges" I encountered last night while making my dress:

1) I needed to use a needle for stretchy fabrics. Apparently, this cotton fabric had enough stretch that it caused the needle to skip stitches with a regular needle.
2) This was going to be a summer dress and needed to be lined in the bodice. Did I want to be miserable and making the lining with a poly fabric? I don't think so! I had the most perfect, also berry colored, very light cotton fabric. The only thing--there wasn't enough of it. So I did a little creative fabric joining and voila--the bodice lining worked!
3) Even though I have 50 zillion zippers, I didn't have the right color or size. Even when I went to the fabric store, they didn't have the perfect matching color, but the zipper had fabric overlapping it, so it really didn't matter.
4) I did all the adjustments to this pattern to fit my figure now...wow I remember when all I used to do was hem it shorter. Now I adjust the shoulders so the bodice doesn't gape, I bring down the bust, a bring out the waist, and adjust the skirt in conjunction with the new bodice length.
5) By the way, to make your zippers really come out nice and even, I machine sew one side and then I handbaste the other side to match with it exactly, especially at the waist. And then I machine sew the hand-sewn side, and then take the handsewing out.
6) The other change I'm still thinking about is I'm not sure that the bolero jacket I had planned for the flower fabric will fit the bill. I mean, the bolero jacket is perfect for the large flower fabric, and I even have thin white cotton to use for a lining. The problem is, I'm not convinced that a different fabric will look right with my pink dress. I'm going to mull it over some more.

I've learned that if I'm not convinced about something I'm sewing, I stop and think about it for a while. This prevents a lot of ripping out, to be sure. Sometimes the answer just comes to me, and I always think it's my grandma giving me a hand.

I love the neckline on this dress and I think it's a flattering style. And it's comfortable!

Happy sewing to you all!

Sewing For Me

I love to make things to sell, love customer's reactions to my bags and feel so blessed to be doing what I love.

But I decided that this weekend is for me...so I chose the fabrics that most spoke to me and here's what I came up with:












I decided to use the hot pink cotton (it looks tie dyed) for a summery dress and the floral cotton print for a jacket. I think the fabrics look really nice together. Plus, I didn't want to make the floral into a shirt because I didn't want to launder it all the time--the colors are so bright against the stark white I want to keep it as fresh looking as possible.

What do you think?

I'll post later my results. I'm so excited!