State Of Grace: Project Run and Play Week #1
I can NOT believe this is real!
Week #1 of Project Run and Play?
How did I get so lucky?
So, the objective for Week #1 was to use THIS tutorial and change it up to our liking…. simply take the idea and use our own creativity to change it into something else entirely!
The above tutorial discusses bias cut fabric.
For those of you that don’t sew, it simply means cutting the fabric on a diagonal/against the grain.
Why would you do that?
Many reasons… it reduces fraying, increases stretch, and gives a different dimension.
It also helps with fold-a-bility and bend-a-bility
(are those even real words?)
I thought for a long, long, long, long, long time about this one.
I had many ideas swirling in my head
(which I plan to share in the future, by the way!)
Make sure you go over to Project Run and Play and vote for your favorite this week!
Make sure you go over to Project Run and Play and vote for your favorite this week!
Without further adieu, I present:
The State of Grace Dress
Oh boy, where do I begin with this dress?
There are 3 different looks with this dress, just stay tuned!
The base of the dress is an amazingly soft pink Shantung.
Such texture on the outside, but satiny smooth on the inside.
Peter Pan collars just about do me in…
Cuteness overload!
Always have to have matching hair accessories, right?
I created about a million and a half rosettes out of bias cut organza for the removable apron and the headband
… and attached them all one by one by one by one by… omg.
Peek-a-Boo!
You can see here that the removable apron ties in the back with a nice big organza bow.
I wanted the organza apron to be removable for practicality reasons. So, when she isn’t wearing her apron full of flowers, she can wear her charcoal gray shawl (cut on the bias, of course!) tied at the chest. Simple and easy.
So classy:)
We snuck a few rides on some golf carts!
Don’t tell, haha!
And finally, the dress without the shawl or the apron…
perfect for frolicking around an old oak tree.
Ainsley knew she would get some candy after we were done with the photo shoot.
Do you think she was excited?
When they told us what the theme would be for Week #1, I had so many ideas and had trouble doing just one! I decided to sketch out one of my ideas and go from there.
As you can see, I stuck pretty close to my original vision, except I nixed the handbag idea (what 3 year old really needs a handbag?)
and I created the shawl instead. I also made the removable apron instead of covering the entire skirt with permanent rosettes.
Much more practical!
So, there you have it!
My Week #1 entry…hope you enjoy!
