{"id":723,"date":"2010-06-06T21:36:43","date_gmt":"2010-06-07T02:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/?p=723"},"modified":"2013-04-26T22:20:58","modified_gmt":"2013-04-27T03:20:58","slug":"a-new-dress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2010\/06\/a-new-dress\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Dress"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I made a dress this weekend! It has been a long time since I sewed anything, really, to wear aside from a Halloween costume here or there. Alex wasn’t even one yet!<\/p>\n

Anyway, I made this dress from the Built by Wendy book about dresses. This is the dirndl dress. I followed her recommendations to get a dress that fits well. I love the way this dress fits. I feel so free in it. I feel like I \u00a0have seen some sort of garment light. In this dress, it’s like having all of the unencumbered freedom of nudity without the liabilities that come with that most natural state.<\/p>\n

I am looking forward to trying the other patterns in the book.<\/p>\n

The fabric has been hanging about in my life since before <\/strong>Alex was around. I think I got this from the The Scrap Box<\/a> for like 2 dollars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I made a dress this weekend! It has been a long time since I sewed anything, really, to wear aside from a Halloween costume here or there. Alex wasn’t even one yet! Anyway, I made this dress from the Built by Wendy book about dresses. This is the dirndl dress. 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