a new dress from 40yr old curtains

shonastar · **Posted: 15-07-2011 , 08:21 AM** #1

It's my first attempt at sewing since school, so please don't expect great things lol! A few months ago my aunt gave me this material, it was originally destined to be curtains in a nursery. She was having a clear out, found it and passed it on to me. My little one loves the cat in the material, so my first mistake was not having a cat in the front of the dress, but for a first attempt, I'm happy enough (think I've been bitten by the sewing bug.......)
Thanks for looking x

Gormal · **Posted: 15-07-2011 , 09:56 AM** #2

Great job, looks good on. Nice touch with the red buttons.
Of course now that you've started you won't be able to stop ;o)

Purplerain · **Posted: 15-07-2011 , 11:50 AM** #3

Very nice, and well done.

sparkwell · **Posted: 16-07-2011 , 06:11 PM** #4

Oh she is so cute and the dress looks lovely well done!

shonastar · **Posted: 16-07-2011 , 07:58 PM** #5

Thanks to everyone who commented, I have definitely been bitten with the sewing bug, and my little one is only too happy to get new clothes, she is already into dresses, handbags, shoes, and most importantly flowers in her hair! We're having great fun x

Linn · **Posted: 16-07-2011 , 08:41 PM** #6

Well done and your little one looks adorable x x

snorry · **Posted: 16-07-2011 , 09:50 PM** #7

that is brilliant well done good first attempt think your a natural

melissabell · **Posted: 17-07-2011 , 05:57 PM** #8

That's gorgeous!!! I love the fabric, Well done!!!

shonastar · **Posted: 18-07-2011 , 07:06 AM** #9

Thank you all for commenting, I've since added a pocket on the front with a cat, and my little one has insisted on wearing it all weekend. Best compliment I could have recieved! x

Laineym · **Posted: 18-07-2011 , 09:30 AM** #10

Oh that is just so cute - well done you it looks fabulous !!!

Dusty Misty · **Posted: 06-09-2012 , 12:08 AM** #11

that is fantastic!

Khublei · **Posted: 16-09-2012 , 08:24 AM** #12

VEry cool! Well done.

daisybones · **Posted: 24-10-2012 , 01:50 PM** #13

Really lovely and she looks very pretty in it.

grafada · **Posted: 05-06-2013 , 11:07 PM** #14

lovely fabric, if the cat she wanted was the one with the ball, i can see why, but a pocket was the perfect solution, i still like pockets in my dresses.

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	Posted: 15-07-2011 , 08:21 AM #1
shonastar Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Clonmel, Co. Tipperary Posts: 221	a new dress from 40yr old curtains It's my first attempt at sewing since school, so please don't expect great things lol! A few months ago my aunt gave me this material, it was originally destined to be curtains in a nursery. She was having a clear out, found it and passed it on to me. My little one loves the cat in the material, so my first mistake was not having a cat in the front of the dress, but for a first attempt, I'm happy enough (think I've been bitten by the sewing bug.......) Thanks for looking x Attached Images

	Posted: 15-07-2011 , 09:56 AM #2
Gormal Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: North Kerry Posts: 686	Great job, looks good on. Nice touch with the red buttons. Of course now that you've started you won't be able to stop ;o)

	Posted: 15-07-2011 , 11:50 AM #3
Purplerain Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Near Kells, Co. Meath Posts: 217	Very nice, and well done.

	Posted: 16-07-2011 , 06:11 PM #4
sparkwell Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Portarlington, Co. Laois Posts: 713	Oh she is so cute and the dress looks lovely well done!

	Posted: 16-07-2011 , 07:58 PM #5
shonastar Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Clonmel, Co. Tipperary Posts: 221	Thanks to everyone who commented, I have definitely been bitten with the sewing bug, and my little one is only too happy to get new clothes, she is already into dresses, handbags, shoes, and most importantly flowers in her hair! We're having great fun x

	Posted: 16-07-2011 , 08:41 PM #6
Linn Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Kinnegad, Co.Westmeath Posts: 6,386	Well done and your little one looks adorable x x

	Posted: 16-07-2011 , 09:50 PM #7
snorry Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Bray, Co. Wicklow Posts: 893	that is brilliant well done good first attempt think your a natural

	Posted: 17-07-2011 , 05:57 PM #8
melissabell Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Portarlington, Co. Laois Posts: 1,336	That's gorgeous!!! I love the fabric, Well done!!!

	Posted: 18-07-2011 , 07:06 AM #9
shonastar Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Clonmel, Co. Tipperary Posts: 221	Thank you all for commenting, I've since added a pocket on the front with a cat, and my little one has insisted on wearing it all weekend. Best compliment I could have recieved! x

	Posted: 18-07-2011 , 09:30 AM #10
Laineym Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Shannon, Co. Clare Posts: 411	Fabulous Oh that is just so cute - well done you it looks fabulous !!!

	Posted: 06-09-2012 , 12:08 AM #11
Dusty Misty Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Templemore Tipperary Posts: 20	wonderful that is fantastic!

	Posted: 16-09-2012 , 08:24 AM #12
Khublei Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Cork Posts: 66	VEry cool! Well done.

	Posted: 24-10-2012 , 01:50 PM #13
daisybones Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Newbridge, Co. Kildare Posts: 57	Really lovely and she looks very pretty in it.

	Posted: 05-06-2013 , 11:07 PM #14
grafada Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Shankill, Co. Dublin Posts: 233	lovely old fabric into dress lovely fabric, if the cat she wanted was the one with the ball, i can see why, but a pocket was the perfect solution, i still like pockets in my dresses.