5 May 2012 - Part II

The reason we were in Dubbo to start with was to attend a wedding there at the zoo.  I decided to wear a dress that I had made for my brother's wedding in 2011.  The dresswas based off this McCalls vintage 9742 and is made out of navy seersucker silk with spots that I purchased at Tessuti in Sydney.  I had quite a bit of help from Polly  with the silk.  We used a rolled hem in a lot of places and even thinking about it now feel the same nerves I had when we were overlocking the silk!
I am wearing it with a beige slip and the scarf around the neck can be left long or tied in all manner of ways, but I continually go back to a loose bow.  That's my Oliver next to me striking a pose.

And because the wedding was at the zoo - between the ceremony and the reception we were able to get up, close and personal with some animals including this snake!

facing the zipper head on

Back when the fabulous Polly from polbymade was in Canberra I would often  utilise her skills to help me out of a bind with something I was attempting to make.  I learnt a lot from Polly but the patterns I always chose (and still do!), were from Japanese pattern books and usually shied away from the evil zipper.  Well, in line with my new years resolution to face the zipper head on, I have enrolled in a zipper class in September with the wonderful Nicole Mallalieu from You SEW Girl. Yah!  I will be stacking up zipper projects from now until then.

How cute is this zip-itself coin purse from craft passion