Custom Circus Dress

Circus Carnival (below) is one of the earlier prints I did but one of my faves.  I hadn't really done anything with it after I made it aside from putting it in my print portfolio until my friend Amy saw it and needed to own a dress made with this fabric print.  I was happy to oblige.

Amy is from the UK and worked here in the US for a few years.  As things go we left figuring out the details of the dress until the day before she was heading back to the Queen.  Thankfully I finished in time and when she came to pick up her dress we also had ourselves a bit of a photo-shoot, obviously. 

Doesn't it look super adorable on her?  Everyone in England is gonna be super jealz.

It has pockets and adjustable straps (so fancy).  An awesome red zipper in the back gives the dress some pop!

We had way too much fun during our shoot, haha.  Catch you on the flip side, Amy!!

Senior Thesis Part 3a: Robot Dress

For my third piece (part a) I draped a different style of dress, a fitted tube dress which was cut on the bias (45 degree angle) to give it that max stretch. With this one I wanted to make a dress that transformed the body into a robot. Using a fitted dress I wanted to cover it with readouts and dials to give the impression that they could read the levels of the wearer and also switches and buttons that would give the impression that the wearer could be controlled like a machine. After drawing a sketch I drew these elements in Adobe Illustrator, printed them on fabric, cut them out, and sewed them to the dress. I incorporated a larger on/off switch on the back to act as a master switch for added effect. Beep Boop.

Sketch

Printed Fabric

Placing Pieces on Dress Front

Cut-outs Sewn on Dress Front

Sewing on the Master Power Back Switch

Sewing on the Tag

Final Front

Final Back

Senior Thesis Part 2: Birthday Cake Dress

For my second piece I draped another dress but instead of using the dress as a canvas for fabric drawing I wanted to transform the entire dress into an object. In this case, a birthday cake!! Candles, frosting, a 2-tone bow pin, and a mini party hat! The whole shebang. I designed a sprinkle fabric that I got printed and used for the skirt of the dress under the icing details. I made pockets in the sides of the dress for these really awesome plastic balloons that complete the birthday look. The inside is lined with white satin and there are 2 layers of blue tulle in the skirt that give it some volume. I would have to say this is my favorite piece in the collection because who doesn't want to look like a birthday cake? Honestly.

Sketch

Top with Candle Straps

Frosting Detail

Waist Icing

Balloon Pockets

Sewing on the Zipper

Sewn Zipper

Bow In Progress

Bow Finished

Mini Party Hat- Drawn with Fabric Marker

Mini Party Hat- Drawing Filled In

Mini Party Hat Finished

Final Front

Final Back

Golden.

Senior Thesis Part 1: Hot Air Balloon Dress

The first part of my senior thesis was a Hot Air Balloon dress. In this dress I explored drawing with fabric. I draped this simple tank dress, cut out fun shapes to embellish it with, and then made it happen! I also made a sweet mini crown as an accessory.

Sketch

Top Pinned

Skirt Pinned

Top Sewn

Finishing touches

The Crown!!

Final Front

Final Back

Sailboat Dress

I had this awesome sailboat dress as a kid.

How adorable, and my sister had a coordinating one.

So I decided it was time to bring back the sailboat dress.

Here is my sketch, an updated version of the dress.

And the finished product!!!

Back view

And pockets!!

Ok no more messing around, back to sewing bags!!

I have a feeling I will be making more dresses in the future though :-)