So I have been wanting to make my own D.I.Y. (do it yourself) dress for some time. I just needed some fabrics to do this. The other day I found all those jersey fabrics in all those colors at the thrift store. Perfect! I have a dress in my closet that I like. Its very comfy. Its a tank top dress but it flows. It's not tight. I love the way it feels. So I tried to mimic that. I have made clothing before. I am very familiar with certain areas but I am not a professional. I have never worked with stretchy fabric. Jersey knit fabric is stretchy. But not bad. I only cried tears a little bit and had to use the seam ripper just a few times (4). I was going to just make a skirt. Then that whole dress idea came into play after I made all the ruffles. So I went into my closet and dug out (who am I kidding I totally had this crammed in my dresser all in the corner not even folded) this old white tank top that I was no longer wearing. It shrunk and it's starting to be more of a belly shirt than a tank top. It was on its way to being donated then I realized it would make a perfect top. And look it does. I just sewed a ruffle on the tank top to match the skirt. I sewed the skirt onto the tank top. This was not as easy as I thought it was going to be. I would have rather made pleats (or attempted to try) than to do the gathering method like I did. I will know from this point on to keep playing. The fabric does has some weight to it. But not much. I am used to sewing with quilting fabrics and muslin. So this was something with more texture and weight. Something you don't consider when your not used to using those mediums. I am happy with how it came out. Flaws in all. All my seams actually match up. I love it when that happens. I just did not get the skirt on as even as I would have liked it. I keep redoing it but after a while I just learned to live with it. I even wore this pretty thing to the craft store yesterday. Then I got home. Took this photo and thought I should take one using my other camera. Walked into the kitchen to make myself something to drink and hubby was opening a bottle of cranberry gingerale and it exploded all over me. Priceless! I never washed any of the fabrics to begin with so now it is. I was lucky to not get any soda on the white part. the floor is still sticky. I hate finding those spots you missed. The bottom of the skirt is gray. I love gray with everything lately. White gray and purple are just meow for me! I am beyond obsessed with ruffles too. Really really got it bad for the ruffles.

I adore taking photos in the morning. If I have the time and weather permits, I usually hold off on taking photos inside the house. I just love the outdoors. I really love early morning hours. That is my favorite time of the day. No one is really awake in the city yet and its quiet for a bit. I can actually hear the birds. There is so much nature happening in the AM hours. I love it so. I especially love the light I can capture after the sun has risen and shined its light for a few hours. The skies are so pretty. We have some really nice sunsets here too. We are very close to the Everglades. The sun sets on the west side of me and sinks into those Everglades. You can see pink sunsets all the time here. Sometimes a mixture of lavender and pink and blue. The most lovely swirls you can possible imagine. I will have to try and capture it once. I am listing these 3 dolls on Etsy. I have slacked in the doll making dept. I know I need to fix that. Those darn vintage sheets have been keeping me busy. I have also been playing with some paper crafts too. I can not wait to show you what I have been doing. I have nothing at the moment. Just lots of cutting and messing things up really. But not all. hehe