You're Invited to Sew-Along

Imagine a World where Every Little Girl

owned at least One Dress….

What if that dress was made by you?

You are invited to attend a Sew-Along on

Sunday, May 22nd at 1:00

We will be making simple Pillow Case Dresses

so bring your sewing tools and pillowcases!

Les Fabriques will furnish sewing machines for us to use

and a 15% discount for materials used for dresses.

There is something for everyone to do even if you can't sew. 

Location: Les Fabriques

1895 Seminole Trail

Charlottesville, VA 22901

(at their new location across from Lowe’s)

Questions?

You can contact me Karen at DressAGirl@charlottesville.net or

Carla at Les Fabriques at design@LesFabriquesInc.com

Check us out on Facebook Dress A Girl Around The World - Virginia

Slow Poke Karen

I am sitting here with two dresses cut out and one put together and I worked all afternoon! I AM really slow.

Recently I have been suffering from a little ‘dress-envy.’ Look at all these sew-er’s AND all of their beautiful dresses! How will I ever speed up production?

I confess I am a perfectionist that certainly doesn‘t help. I do change the color of the thread a lot, I tear out seams, and go back and hand sew little edges that I missed with my sewing machine.

Every night when I turn out the lights, sewing machine included, I promise myself that tomorrow I will push myself just a little harder to make some serious time with my sewing AND everyday about mid-afternoon I realize that I am poking along “maybe tomorrow” I tell myself.

On Saturday, Les Fabriques fabric store is having an Open House. I'm looking forward to meeting lots of interesting people AND maybe some speedy sew-ers.  I could use a few tips to speed up production.

Sheets, Shirts & Tees

On the way home from my mother 86^th birthday lunch today I stopped by the Goodwill. It has become one of my favorite places to shop. In fact I haven't been in a department store for over a year since I discovered  the Goodwill.

Today I splurged... I bought 7 sheets $1.00 each (pink, 2 blue, 2 white, pink & lime striped, stars) and one of them was still in the package! I can make at least 4 dresses out of each sheet (28 dresses).

I also bought 5 darling t-shirts $2.00 each (5 t-shirt dresses), 5 striped men’s shirts $3.50 each, which will make (10 dresses).
That’s 50 upcycled earth friendly dresses for $38.00. Less than $1.00 per dress. What a deal!