Burda Dress 123

 Last weekend I made up this lovely fabric with hummingbirds on it into a dress from the March burda issue.  The image in the magazine  has the model wearing a fussy blouse underneath a plain black dress, my fabric is already a print so there will be no need for that and it has turned out to be a really good fit this one.

This dress has a frill at the bottom and this is not  something I would usually go for but I am trying to make different things this year rather than always going for the same styles. I do like it now that it is made up which just goes to show that we can surprise ourselves.  This fabric is a ponte roma and was so good to work with, everything just fell together with this dress, sometimes you make a garment and it is such a relaxing make and others you tear out your hair.  Funny that!

The colours on this fabric are just my thing so I know it will be getting some wear, it also feels very comfy so if you have this magazine I  would suggest giving this particular pattern a go as it is a good fit and a nice one to work through. 

Here is the image from the magazine.

I think my dress is longer because she is taller than me!

I also made a little bag, a slightly different shape to some of my others I am playing around with different variations at the moment but keeping them not too far away from the same size.  Anything too  big and I will  not be making any profit. 

 

We have had all the children back in school this week so it is nice to have  full class again, it makes life feel more normal.  I am looking forward to when we can get away for a little break and have a change of scenery.

I had a go at hand drawing a couple of cards this week, they all feature birds I have just realised I only took a picture of one of them and the others are upstairs in a box, I may get a few more images another

 day.

The leaves and flowers are cut from paper.

I have a few drawing books I got around Christmas time I am hoping to make more time for this too but there is always so much I want to do that I struggle to fit it all in.  I do find drawing very relaxing though.

The Midnight Library was finished this week too, if you haven't read it I would recommend it.  It is not a  very long book but it is quite an interesting concept and I really enjoyed it.  

On my trip to do the weekly shop I bought another pot of tulips. I am adding to my little collection of plants each time I go shopping.  I will be putting  in all my seeds soon but there is all that time of waiting for them to take off at this time of year so I decided each food shopping trip I will just keep adding a bit of instant colour. They often have some nice pots outside of the supermarket and what I do is I save on something in my shopping budget and allow for a plant, we don't miss out as I just get creative with the food.

Well I hope you are all enjoying your week whatever you are up to, take care.