New Dress & Daily Outfit
Hmmm… I’m thinking I’m going to have to add a ‘daily outfit’ category from now on… But check this out, I made a new dress! Yay! I bought my first (working) sewing machine a few weeks ago from eBay. Guess how much I paid… go on, guess. $50? $30? Nah, try $13! Ha! Okay, so it’s old, but it works! It actually took me a loooong time to work out how to use it, but thanks to Yahoo! Answers, some sewing machine repair man in the US taught me. Anyway, enough blabber, here it is!

Alright, so you can’t see all of it, but I’m going to wear it this weekend so no doubt I’ll post another daily outfit post next week. I couldn’t find any free plus size dress patterns on the net so I had to kind of make it up as I went along. (If you ever come across some free patterns please tell me!) It’s a 50’s style halter neck dress with little red hearts all over. There’s even lining! Man, I spent hours making this thing, and now I can completely understand why people charge so much for buying these kind of dresses.

It’s becoming warmer here in Melbourne, spring is in the air and the sun is warm enough to play outside! Plus it also means t-shirt weather. Or in my case, halter neck dress weather. I’m loving these daily outfit collages, by the way, they’re like art.
Oh! And you can probably see that I’ve dyed my hair - again. This time with Special Effects’ Virgin Rose. I love it! No more 2 inch roots, plus it turns pink in the sun - bonus and a half. This is what the bowl of hair dye looked like at one point. I thought it was artistic …at the time

Big love & tribal dancing (<- click there, it’ll make you go “woooaaaahhh”),

















September 25th, 2008 at 4:41 am
I love the new hair!
September 25th, 2008 at 6:24 am
WOW! They’re beautiful, Ivy!
September 25th, 2008 at 7:17 am
WTF–the picture with the animal head–that is completely and utterly AWESOME, I love it! XD
September 25th, 2008 at 9:44 am
I love your new hair colour! And WOW those dresses are fantastic, I love the first one in particular!
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September 25th, 2008 at 10:11 am
such gorgeous dresses!
I found free patterns on http://www.burdastyle.com - haven’t actually used any yet as I am still trying to get my head around my machine! hahaha
xxx
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September 25th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
Hrm, I really need to learn to use my sewing machine… Your dress is so purdy
September 26th, 2008 at 1:47 am
SO impressed with your sewing skillz. Can’t wait to see that frock in action!
September 26th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
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x Miss Corrine x - Aww, thank you, ma’am ♥
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Annie Spandex - Oooo, you likey?! Yay! They’re actually really fun to do. I’m gonna do them from now on.
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Tara - Thank you!! I wish I could say I made the second one but I didn’t.. vintage, baby
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Cheray Natalie - OooO! There’s some cool patterns in there, I actually think I have them on my link list. Man, you HAVE to work out your machine, I’m telling you, you won’t be able to stop crating stuff. It’s easier than you think! If you need any help, just message me, most sewing machines are the same
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Song - Dude, seriously, message me if you need any help with your machine. Once you know how t use it, I swear you’ll wonder why it took you so long to work it out! And thank you
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Sal - Really?! Thank you so much! I’m still learning though
October 14th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
Hi Iv,
I LOVE these dresses - why dont you make me one each??
Sue(love) xoxo
October 16th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
October 17th, 2008 at 10:05 pm
i recently got my first (working) sewing machine too and am having a blast…so far i’ve made small, easy things like pencil cases for the boy and simple skirts for the girl….i need to make something for myself but since im new at this i need a pattern that is written at a retard level.
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November 3rd, 2008 at 12:53 pm
omg that dress will be gorgeous, but i am biased as a HUGE fan of the era it is inspired by. just love the fabrics. i have actually been looking for a dress exactly like it!!
just got my own sewing machine, a cheap little thing that tends to catch more than i’d like (think i’ve threaded something wrong) but i have been experimenting with ‘patternless’ designs too!