Monthly Archives: February 2011

The "What’s Outside of Pleasantville?" Dress

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I just couldn’t pass up this week’s theme challenge over at The Sew Weekly.  You choose a movie that has been nominated for an Academy Award in Costume Design as your inspiration and have the week to complete the look.  The first thing I did was look through the list of nominees and pick out ones I’d seen.  I love old movies, but in the end I settled on Pleasantville.  The idea of making a ’50s style dress and doing the black & white/color photo was too fun to pass up!  Plus, I love Pleasantville.  I watched it again the other night and enjoyed the thought-provoking story line.

I based my inspiration on the dress Margaret Henderson wears when she and Bud go to Lovers Lane, the scene she changes from black & white to color.

Margaret at Lovers Lane

Me Made March!

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I just signed up for the Me Made March ’11 challenge on Zoe’s blog and am excited!  The idea is to wear at least 1 handmade garment a day for the entire month.  I say I’m excited, although I have to be honest…the idea of taking photos of myself for a month is a little terrifying!  That’s partly why I’m doing the challenge, it’s nice to step outside the box every now and then.  In my mind I just tell myself it’s a great excuse to play dress up for a month :)  There is a chance I’ll be away for a week in March for work so that could mess things up, but I will find a way to make it work!

Now if I can just get my sew-along trousers finished I will be feeling pretty pleased with myself.  Oh, and the muslin for Casey’s sew-along.  Wait, did I just sign up for a month-long challenge and I’m still working on trousers and haven’t made a muslin yet for the swing dress?  Oh boy.