Manic Pop

Have you ever sewn something that gave you SO much unnecessary grief? I have, and it was this dress. The patterns I made in about 3 hours on July 5th and though the hand-printing was tedious, it was fun. Of all things, the stupid zipper tripped me up! This is how you learn the hard way to hand-baste the zipper into the dress. (Extra work, but it's worth it!) So I hand-dyed this fabric from 2 yards of plain white fabric - assuming it may have been a poly-cotton blend. Who knows what the hell you're buying at that fabric store (2121 W. 21st St. in Chicago). At first, I was worried at it not picking up the Rit dye since it's made primarily for cotton, but it dyed just fine.  Home-dyeing is soooo easy! I just throw it in a pot with water and boil away. It's funny to think that this dress started from nothing - just a thought, a sketch, and a Photoshop manipulation. Here is the original Photoshop edit: This was created by throwing in this photo o...

I'm finally back! And with a new look...!  I'm so excited that it's finally fall-ish weather! I've had this dress in my closet now for about a month or so. Me and Max went to a garage sale right down the street and I bought this dress from a sweet old Polish lady who said her American name was "Harriet". She talked to us for about half an hour and said that this dress used to be her daughter's. I absolutely love polyester dresses! (I know - I'm weird.)  I think I bought it from her for about $2. I am a complete sucker for retro shirt dresses.  I think it's funny how I also have a thing for anything orange. Perhaps because it reminds me of my favorite time of year?   Even though this haircut is about a month old, it's new to everyone on here. About 2 1/2 years ago my hair was black and bob-ish. I don't know what happened - why did it get so long? Why was it my natural color when it was almost always black for 4 years prior? ...