Pictures!

I have a few pictures here of my recent sewing. First, a picture of the daisy dress I did for my Granddaughter:

And here is a close up of the flowers I sewed on the front of the dress:

It's not too easy to see them in the picture, but I think they are really cute on the dress!

Last night I sat down and finished a blouse for myself. First, I made it out of cotton. I should realize that I don't own any work blouses that are made of quilter's cotton, so why I would try and make one that way I just don't know. On the plus side, I learned (remembered) a few more things about putting patterns together and I'm happy about that. On the negative side, the armhole lining just sticks out. I do need to tack it at the top and bottom, but I just don't think that will help. I'm going to have to do some research on techniques and see what I can improve. But, here is the picture:

The colors are pretty (it's really more of a teal green), but it's just not a style for me.

To try and cheer up a bit, I did cut out the pattern pieces for the vintage dress I really want to do and ironed the muslin to get ready for that. I've been reading up on fitting and I want to try to do some measurements and fit the top of the dress nicely (not too tight!) and then buy the nice material to make the real thing!