The Story of My Less Than 2 Hours Dress! 1hr 37 min Dress!
Yes, that's correct, and I broke my 2
hours record too.
To say I have been busy is an
understatement, I have been extremely busy in all phases of my life... but you
know what? I am sincerely grateful to Almighty God....
Last week was our end-of-the-year
party at work, and I was prepared to wear a particular red dress I made
sometimes ago, I was certain it was somewhere on the hanger in my closet, I
wasn't ready to make any dress because there was no time, I was looking forward
to wearing a dress for a change as I have been in jeans and full PPE on work
sites for almost 2 weeks.
The party was to start at 6pm, and it
will take about 30 min drive from home to the venue. I got home at 2:30 pm, did
all the needful, and went to get the dress, I searched my closet, every nooks
and cranny but couldn't find my dress, at 3:15pm I told hubby that I will search
for another 15 mins after which I will start to make another dress.... You
should have seen the look on my husband's face… :) Like what kind of woman are you?
lol but I didn't give him any chance to persuade me further.
At 3:30pm I went straight to the
studio, went through my fabric stash and saw this beautiful red lace, just
about 2 meters but 60" wide, I had drafted an A-line sleeveless pattern in
summer, I placed pattern on fabric, cut the sleeves, and used the 180-degree
circle method to cut the sleeve flounce....
Started sewing at about 3:45pm or so,
and at exactly 5:07 pm I completed the dress, I even had time to take some
photos. Left the studio, dressed up, and at 5:35 pm we left for the venue, got to
the venue at 6:10pm, in fact we would have been there earlier if not for the
traffic....
Fabric cutting, sewing and pressing -
3:30 pm to 5:07 pm, took me exactly 1hr 37min from start to finish... I am super
duper :). I finished the neck with bias binding,
but left the sleeve flounce edges raw, the flounces are cut on bias anyway so
they wont fray, but might finish it later, but for now.... I am one happy
camper, not only did I get a lot of compliments, but you should have seen the
way my hubby was bragging about it too.. 😊 😊.,Story of my dress eh!
Happy Holidays to you all and looking
forward God’s willing to a Fabulous 2018!!!
Fabulously Yours - Omo Esho!!!
