Time for a new gala dress!

Today I decided on the gown I want to make for my student body's annual gala. The gala isn't until somewhere in March, but well, at least this time I won't be sewing until the very day. I hope.

As I tend to keep my dresses a secret until the gala itself, I'm not going to show you THE dress just yet (I will tell you that it is a designer copycat), but here are some dresses that inspire me:

1. Bottega Veneta Fall 2012 - via Fash For Fashion 
2. Luisa Beccaria Fall/Winter 2011 - via Luisa Beccaria 
3 and 4. Rani Zakhem Fall/Winter 2013 - via Flip-zone
5. Zac Posen Pre-Fall 2013 - via Andrea Janke

For more inspiration, have a look at my Pinterest board and follow me if you like what you see!

Love,
Birgit

Inspiration: tartan and plaid dresses

Inspired by all the tartan and plaid looks for this Fall season, I purchased a tartan skirt at a thrift shop yesterday, that I (hopefully) can remake as a dress. I rounded up four of my favourite looks:

Mango: left & right

 Zara: left & right

Do you like the trend?

Love, Birgit

 

Jessica Rabbit drawing

A recent drawing, made during one of my breaks from studying :) (Exams are the reason I am posting so little!)
Hope you like it!

x Birgit

PNP: altered floral blazer

Hi!
As promised, the result of my altered blazer! And it didn't even take me that much time to get it up here, haha! With many thanks to my lovely sister for taking the 'after' shots ;)

So, here is the before:

 

 As you can see, just a tiiiiiiny bit too large (pardon my face, it's just to stress the fact that the fit isn't quite right ;) ). So I took in the sides, removed the shoulder pads and refitted the shoulders and arm holes. I used this tutorial by Cotton + Curls (She is amazing!! Check out her other projects as well! ).

And this is the result:

 

I am super pleased with how it turned out! Can't wait to wear it! I think I'm going to take this one with me on my upcoming trip to Italy, the print is just so summery, and it seems perfect as a cover-up in the evening.

Have a great weekend!

Love, Birgit

 

Thrifted finds

Hi!
It has been such a long time since I've posted anything... Shame on me! I have just been so busy with exams and everything.
Anyway, I squeezed in a little thrift shopping, and I wanted to share my finds with you.

I bought the purple skirt, the floral blazer en the dotted skirt at Think Twice (they have different shops in Belgium), for 1 euro each, what a steal!
The left bag is also from Think Twice, for 3 euros, and the clutch on the right is from a small second hand bag shop in Antwerp, for 9 euros.
The blazer was a bit too big, so I'm altering it (you will see the result in a next post), and I plan on making shorts out of the dotted skirt. Hopefully I will get it all done before I leave on vacation!

Do you ever go thrift shopping?

Love, Birgit

On the sewing table

Image and dress pattern via Burdastyle.

Next project: a new dress! I love this one from Burda, it reminds me of Italy and sunny summer days. I also think it has a bit of a Dolce & Gabbana feel to it, especially when made out of the floral fabric I want to use for it. What do you think?


Can't wait until summer is finally here! 
Love, Birgit

PNP: Birthday card and CD cover

This week, we celebrated a friend's birthday. I made this card and CD cover (I burned her a CD with beading patterns) to accompany the other gifts we got her. I included the steps for the CD cover below.

You can find the original card here (I know the link refers to a Pinterest URL, but the link to the website appears to be dead...).

 

 

1. Take a CD cover apart and trace it onto the piece of paper you want to use. (You can also trace it on a white sheet first, that you can later on use as a template)

2. Cut out the shape, fold and glue the two side-flaps.

3. Insert your CD and use tape, a sticker or whatever you like to 'seal' it.

You can also embellish the cover, like I did. I drew some flowers, but you can sticker it, paint it, anything you like. You can do this either before of after you cut out the template and glue everything together.

 

 

Done! Hope you like it :)

Love, Birgit