Birthday dress

Hey guys,

So this year my birthday came and went with much less celebration as last year but I am very happy to celebrate life nonetheless. I am so over the moon and appreciative to God for keeping me going in these tough times worldwide. My heart breaks when I read news with what's happening with the refugees and those in search of a better life, even earthquakes and calamity; I cannot help and be thankful that my situation is better. It hurts when I think that I sit here all happy sewing while others are suffering; I am a deep down humanitarian. God knows I would jump on a plane go to the troubled places and try to save the world but I know I need to think of other ways I can help.....but I digress.

Today I am showing you my birthday dress. I made this dress in this amazing fabric for the little start-up I sew for called Benecaribe. This is one of the many designs that I did the pattern drafting and stitching for. It's a simple racer-back dress in a short length. There is not much trouble in stitching this dress up except for doing the edges at the neckline and armhole.

The fabric is so lovely! This dress is a simple style and it's definitely all about displaying this fabric. It really goes well with my skin tone and I quite like the pattern as well. It reminds me of the radioactivity symbol whereas my husband sees faces....haha

To do the edges I used self made bias binding strips about 1 1/4 inch wide. I first stitched it to the dress right sides together then folded it in half and stitched flat a little way in from the seam edge at the front. It looks great as a finish to sleeveless garments and it's seen a whole lot in ready to wear garments. I think most of the time special machines or machine feet are used to do this though so it's a little challenging to do it with the straight stitch foot/ machine. I'm not sure if there is a special name for this method.

Birthday smile :)

Thanks for stopping by, take care!