Yesterday I made a dress all in one day!! Yes that's right you heard it, I made a dress in a few hours.  That's quite a feat for me!  Lisette 2059 has been hiding in my stash for a while.  I made the skirt a while back, one of the first pieces of clothing I've made. You can see it on my Flickr account here.  I had every intention of making the dress but it just got buried and forgot about.  I'm sure you know all too well how that happens.  I then got inspired by fellow blogger Christy over at mystitchnbitch.  She made a super cute version of the dress and after reading how easy it was and the fact it only took a few hours I had to give it a go.  I had the perfect cotton fabric I've been dying to use so I pulled that from my stash and a few hours later I had me a dress....

This dress only had 6 pieces to cut out.  A little bit of gathering in the front and binding the neck and armholes and wall-la your done.  It also had a tie belt but I never make those because I find them to be a pain in my ars plus I'd rather use my own belt.  I cut a size 10 and really probably should of cut the a smaller size because the armholes are gaping open and the back neckline gapes open.  I ended up gathering the back neckline and that helped to eliminate some of the gaping.  When I wear it to work I plan on wearing a cardigan with it so the gaping armholes are of no concern to me at the moment.  I do however think I'm going to take it in at least an inch on each side and see if that helps.  I won't be doing that for awhile though since it involves a seam ripper and a lot of patience.  I think tomorrow after I get my hair did I'll slip into Joann's and scour the clearance rack for some knit fabric to whip me up another one of these.  I would take a picture of me in the dress but to be honest I'm lazy and in my pj's plus my photographer is already in bed so this is as good as it's gonna get folks..

Vito's upset that he hasn't made an appearance lately in my posts so I thought I'd share a video of his recent shenanigans.  I got a new pillow so I thought he may like my old one to sleep on. It would seem to be a lot more comfortable than the two blankets he currently sleeps on.  And boy oh boy is it a sad day in Vito land when I wash the blankets.  He gets this pathetic look on his face like he's never gonna see them again. (i have to throw toys away when he's not looking cuz I swear I've seen a tear drop from his eye when he's caught me in the act)  Anyhoo so I walked in to find Vito working feverishly to get this stoopid pillow out of his cage.  How dare the humans shove such a cheap looking pillow into my sleep spot!

Well it's been a long two weeks working on this dress and I'm happy to say it's finally done!  Simplicity 1803 oh how I have a love/hate relationship with you...

Well I told myself that I was going to have my dress finished this weekend no matter if I had to work through the night.  Didn't happen.  Here's how far I got..

It's going to be so pretty I can't wait.   I have no excuses as to why I don't have it done.  I could blame it on my husband and the three hours I wasted watching Promethus.  It's not very often we go to the movies or go out on a date period so when he offered I jumped at the chance not really caring what we went and seen.  Aliens and Sci Fi have never been my thing but it was a night out and we pigged out at the Amish buffet afterwards.

I did something different this time when cutting out my fabric and used pinking shears.  Has anyone else done this?  I think I need a new pair of pinking shears because mine are really hard to open and close.  By the time I was done I had wore a bloody raw spot on my hand where the handle was rubbing.....

I also lined my all my bodice pieces.  I cut out my lining fabric same as my pretty fabric and sewed the two together so I'd be working with one piece instead of two.  So far it's worked really well.

I'm not quite sure how to do the skirt.  It's gathered so I think it would be rather bulky if I tried to interline it like I did the bodice and then gather.  What do you think?  Have you ever lined a gathered skirt before?  Should I gather both my pretty fabric and my lining fabric separately and then attach them or do I even need to gather my lining fabric?  Vito says he really doesn't give a damn just as long as he gets treats and some attention paid to him already!!...

Oh and here's what happens when you leave your cut pattern pieces laying out on the table and wake to find your husband has let the cat in and he's decided that your fabric feels nice on his behind so he decides to lay on it while licking himself.

On a happier note we have barn swallows who love making nests under our deck.  They made a nest again this year which produces a lot of bird shit but watching the baby birdies grow up is so much fun!!  About a week ago I got this awesome picture...

They were all asleep and just as I snapped this picture they popped up and started screaming! I started screaming as well cuz I was so excited.  Ryan had to put a muzzle on me.  If they grow up deaf , well then you can blame me.

So next post will be a finished dress!! Any suggestions on lining the skirt will be greatly appreciated.  Have a good week friends!