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mandie_rw ([personal profile] mandie_rw) wrote2015-10-31 05:16 pm

Marquee dress

Finished! Well, not technically...I remembered that I forgot I wanted to put a pocket in. But that won't take long. And I need to take the undersleeves out of the grey dress, wash them, and tack them in this dress. Which I should do sooner rather than later

But other than those little details, finished!

I took some uber-crappy pictures on Mabel for proof, too. I'm not unreservedly thrilled with it, for little nitpicky reasons I won't get into now, because I need to get dressed and do my makeup for the Halloween party I'm going to (have decided to wear the Ugly 1920s Dress, braid my hair, and go as Wednesday Addams). But I like it well enough to wear it, and it had better be cold for Gettysburg, because my 500 pounds of dress and I demand it!

(Well, it's 10, with most of that in the skirt. My hoop is not entirely thrilled with that, and needs a bit of help re-inflating after I get up from a chair while wearing this dress. Good times. But it's super warm!)






I likes my buttons. :) They're just plastic joann's ones, which is really obvious from the back, but I think they look pretty nice from the front!






The wrinkling in the bodice from the "oh god I've got a 500-lb skirt attached whyyyyyy" is a little less horrible on me, as I have more of a hip to rest the weight on than Mabel does.

[identity profile] totchipanda.livejournal.com 2015-10-31 09:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Squee I love it! It's so pretty!
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[identity profile] mandie-rw.livejournal.com 2015-11-02 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you!

[identity profile] m-of-disguise.livejournal.com 2015-10-31 09:45 pm (UTC)(link)
It's so pretty! I love that color combination. :D
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[identity profile] mandie-rw.livejournal.com 2015-11-02 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks! I was really *not* going to buy more fabric for a day dress for G'burg, but when I was digging though a FFC sale, those colors just jumped out at me and positively BEGGED to be a dress, haha!

[identity profile] koshka-the-cat.livejournal.com 2015-10-31 09:48 pm (UTC)(link)

I love it!!!


And I will cry if it's not cold! All that wool!!!

[identity profile] sewloud.livejournal.com 2015-11-01 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
y'all keep wishing this and it's gonna make it snow :-p
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[identity profile] mandie-rw.livejournal.com 2015-11-02 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you! I knooooow, I'm probably prepping for January rather than November, but I'm being optimistic!

[identity profile] atherleisure.livejournal.com 2015-11-01 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
Pretty dress. And I liked those buttons too; I used them on my 1886 dress earlier this year!
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[identity profile] mandie-rw.livejournal.com 2015-11-02 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks! They're nice-looking buttons, aren't they?

[identity profile] quincy134.livejournal.com 2015-11-01 12:32 pm (UTC)(link)
I think it looks awesome!!
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[identity profile] mandie-rw.livejournal.com 2015-11-02 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you! :)

[identity profile] madamekat.livejournal.com 2015-11-01 01:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Love the zone front! and I'm a huge fan of that fuchsia color...I've got several in my Stash waiting to be something paired with black.
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[identity profile] mandie-rw.livejournal.com 2015-11-02 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you! It's really a perfect shade of period obnoxiousness, isn't it? ;D It'll look fab with black too!

[identity profile] padawansguide.livejournal.com 2015-11-01 02:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I think it's gorgeous!!
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[identity profile] mandie-rw.livejournal.com 2015-11-02 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you! :)
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[personal profile] mrs_maupin 2015-11-01 07:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Very very prtty dress ! I love the color combo, and those buttons !
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[identity profile] mandie-rw.livejournal.com 2015-11-02 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you!

[identity profile] danabren.livejournal.com 2015-11-02 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
It looks great!
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[identity profile] mandie-rw.livejournal.com 2015-11-03 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks!
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[identity profile] mandie-rw.livejournal.com 2015-11-10 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you! :)