A sewing dare

Sewing Dares

Back at the beginning of the year, I watched as Gillian from Crafting a Rainbow dished out dares on twitter to anyone game.  Since then there have been so many fabulous sewing dares given and achieved.  My favourite completed dare is the Shibori Romper by Morgan. Do check it out if you haven't - it is just stunning. 
Anyway, at the time I felt I had too many things on and too muc sewing that I wanted to get finished prior to going overseas. Now I feel up for the challenge so I asked Gillian to dare me and egged on a bit by Velosewer on twitter I agreed to:
"To draft a pattern using a new to me fabric and then find an occasion to wear it "

Trust Dress grischine Claudie Pierlot

Now the dare itself doesn't seem too hard I suppose, but I have in mind to try and make this dress by Claudie Pierlot that I saw in France and commented on back then.  What am I going to do with a sweatshirt dress with sequins? Who knows!! That's part of the challenge!  Velosewer suggested perhaps a date night and yes, with the imminent re-opening in October (hopefully) of my favourite Canberra spot, Parlour Wine Room, it could get a run at that.

I think it looks straight forward enough but I'm not underestimating this.  And the fabric? Getting the right fabric will be tricky.  I'll keep you posted!
Oh and if I get cracking I could enter Erin and Ping's Copy Cat Challenge.  Anyway, lets not get ahead of myself.  For now I'll have to keep my eyes open for sequins fabric!!?!

22 comments:

  1. Oh if only you lived in Melbourne - I know at least 2 places with fabulous razzed dazzle sparkly things! Good luck!

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  2. I think this is awesome and you will totally rock this look!

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  3. Aw, you're so kind! Thank you! Your sewing dare is going to be amazing - I could see you wearing a dress like that often as it's an interesting mix of casual and festive.

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  4. This is a great sewing dare! I remember you posting about this dress during your trip. I can't wait to see what you come up with!

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  5. I love your idea! can't wait to see what you come up with next :) btw, have you changed your profile to "private" or something, because when I click on your profile it comes up as unavailable?

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  6. I hope I can make it work!! Thanks for the heads up on the profile. I don't think I made it private but I think I've fixed it now :)

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  7. Oh it's lovely! I'm sewing with sequins right this very minutes and it's super fun :)

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  8. Aah, I just popped over to your blog. You have got some great specimens there. Love the rectangular one. Soooo jealous. I'm not sure I'm going to find anything so good in Canberra - will have to see if tessuti sells anything on line. Can't wait to see you sequins number!!

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  9. Shopping for sequins will be so fun - and odd :)

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  10. Aaaaah, do they do online? What a pity. I think I've only got Addicted to Fabric and spotlight here. Will have to see what sort of razzle dazzle I can find there.

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  11. Oh Gail, I hope so - but it will be fun trying to get it to work.

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  12. Just telling the truth Morgan! It it works, it could be a winner - if not, just a bit of fun:)

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  13. I remember your comments on this from France too - excellent dare! Good luck...

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  14. The shopping is the best part. I have to admit I was on Mood's website and they have a very cool wave sequin fabric. Not practical for you to buy with shipping costs to Australia but it was fun browsing!

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  15. I can't wait to see what you make! I really love the combo of fancy and casual in the dress you picked - it's going to be fun, fun FUN to wear!

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  16. The small sequins are available from Tessutis in Surry Hills. The Fabric Store in Surry Hills had Tory Burch sequins - and may have what you are looking for the bottom half.

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  17. Thanks Gillian. Just to find some sequins now!

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  18. Thanks so much Gail for your help! I might contact those stores - unless I wait until next time I'm in Sydney.

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  19. Oooo ! I can't wait to see this one, so much fun!

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  20. A possibly too late comment, the new lincraft in Tuggeranong has a surprising range of sequins, although I'm not sure you'll want to be seei out in most of them...

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  21. Thanks so much Siobhan! I might check it out although Colette at Tessuti has been super helpful in finding me some sequins!!

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