Another dress for Sarah

I've already named a dress after this sweet friend of mine, so I'll have to leave this one as is.  My wonderful friend Sarah's and my husbands were getting ready to graduate together, and Sarah was lamenting to me about how hard it was to find a beautiful maternity dress that she could wear to graduation.  Since I had just been through all that with Afton, I knew exactly what she meant.  For some reason the words "cute", "maternity", and "dress" just can't be used together in a sentence when pregnant and shopping.  So I offered to make her a custom dress to fit her belly just right.

Maren Dress

This female missionaries from my church started noticing my dresses every Sunday and finally asked me where I got them.  I told them I designed and made them all and they couldn't believe it.  They have asked me to make them their very own dresses based on dresses I've previously made for myself.  This is the first of the three.  I'll update this post once I get a picture of this dress on it's owner.  She looks adorable in it!

Lucy Dress

While doing a little fabric shopping in LA this last summer, I came across this beautiful pink polka dot stretch cotton.  I love anything stretch because it's so much more comfortable to wear, so I bought it.  It started to remind me of something Lucille Ball would have worn, so that's where my inspiration came from.

Christmas dress

This dress was originally supposed to be for Steve's graduation from University of Chicago Booth School of Business but with a new baby it just didn't happen. So after moving to Houston, Texas recently and getting all of my sewing stuff unpacked, I found this dress almost complete and decided to finish it for Christmas. It's a little big on me now after losing a tiny bit of baby weight but I still love it!

Blessing Dress

I got the inspiration for this dress from something similar I saw at Target.  It was a lot of work, and took a lot of help from Steve with math and excel spreadsheets, but it turned out great!

Afton Dress

Sorry for the lack of posts!  Steve finished Business school in Chicago in June so we put all our things in storage and moved to Utah for the summer to spend it with family and friends before we moved to HOUSTON for Steve's new job.  It's been a fun but hectic summer and now it's time to put roots down and start our life here!

Anyway, during the summer I was finally able to finish another dress.  After having Afton, I haven't been able to wear any of my dresses because I am now nursing.  So, after getting very tired of skirts and shirts, I decided I was going to change that.  Here it is!  It's made from stretchy comfortable ponte double knit, it's a flattering pencil skirt with a functional yet decorative gold zipper down the front, with 3/4 length sleeves.  I got a lot of compliments on it, and yes don't worry nursing mothers, I plan on this being one of the designs I get produced when I start doing more dresses.  I also plan on designing a few more dresses that will be nursing friendly!

Amanda Dress

This is another dress in my Lazy Sunday collection.  It has taken me quite a while to finish it because I was unsure of how I wanted it to look.  I think I'm finally happy with it after changing the neckline a couple times.  I'm naming it after my friend Amanda who I worked with in Salt Lake City.  She's coming this week to visit me in Chicago and I can't wait.  She's a fun spirited girl with a great attitude and kept me going somedays!  Love you Amanda!