I LOVED the markets. It was my first time to go and I was just in awe of the hundreds of beautiful things I found there. Anyway, I thought I'd show off some of the stuff I bought... First up:
A pair of earrings from Liz Knox's Origami Creations (the earrings are made from origami paper and dipped in lacquer). Okay, sorry for the crap photo - its night time and hanging them from the lampshade is the best I can do. Please click on Lisa's etsy shop to see how truly beautiful her creations are.
Then I truly splurged and bought myself this dress and cardigan:
The pic does not do this dress justice. (Plus I always feel awkward posing for pics). Its from Gida of Gida Natural Designs and its made of *reclaimed yarn cotton*. The fabric is soooo soft and comfortable. I am so glad I treated myself to buying it.
After going through stall after stall of beautiful handmade things, I walked away feeling very very inspired and, despite the heat, reclaimed my sewing mojo!
So this was what I whipped up (no pattern again, but its basically just a circle skirt and a top joined together):
The bodice followed pretty much the same shape as the red dress I had made for my daughter before, but this time I decided not to sew the straps to the back and instead tie it up halter neck style. Glad to say it fit her beautifully.
Its made from 2 layers of very thin fabric - a yellow gauzy/drapy/see-through print top layer (I really need to start remembering what fabric types are called) and a thin plain yellow inner layer. The 2 together looked great. It also wasn't as hard to sew the gauzy fabric as I thought it would.
Oh and here it is again in twirly action:
Anyway, that's it for me now. Hope you are all having a wonderful time!!
Oh and weather update...we've experienced a cool change now and the weather has dropped about 20 degrees!! This afternoon at 5 pm, the temp was 16 degrees - that's 61 degrees farenheit! Unbelievable that it can go from 40 to 16 in only a few days!! How are people's vege gardens doing in this weather?
ETA: for those who want gardening tips, there have been a lot of tips lately on SFG (the other blog that I write in). Oh and I've written yet another post on children and consumerism there too. Wishing everyone well!
7 comments:
Both the dresses look fantastic. We were at the markets too, but I did wilt a bit in the heat. The slushie stall certainly did great business.
any amount of sewing would be worth that gorgeous smile from you little girl. What a sweetheart !
I cant believe you made the dress with no pattern.
Great dresses, both of them! Your daughter's dress is just too cute. And that's such a fun idea for earrings!
I'm kind of laughing because I'm having the opposite weather phenomenon in my part of the US-- went from unbearable cold (by my standards) to 55-60s (Fahrenheit) in just a matter of days! So I'm enjoying it while it lasts, because it's supposed to get cold again this weekend. Boo.
Hello Eilleen, I love the dress and cardy! You look beautiful. And your daughters yellow and pink dress is so pretty. You're such a talented woman.
Love the yellow dress - wow!
I love Liz's origami jewellery too. She also makes jewellery from jigsaw puzzle pieces. I blogged about her on Canberra's Got Style.
You both look absolutely fabulous! I love the pinkish coral color on you!
Fabulous post E! The under fabric is a cotton voile and the over fabric is tuille I think. Looks incredible. you should do a tutorial on making the dress - I'd love to see how you did it please?!
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