Wedding outfit

Here we are, after the church service (hence flat/wet hair) and before we dried ourselves off, put my heels back on and went to the reception..

Ooooh, Tina. It's gorgeous and you look great.

Smart looking twosome!
Your dress and jacket looks very nice.

Very smart Tina and lovely colours.

Great outfit, you both brush up well

wowser you look fab tina ,great colour

Thanks all! Now ask me what colour the groom's party were wearing?

What colour were the groom's party wearing?

purple

Wow Tina! What a fab outfit and - of course - glorious colours!!

'wolf whistle'

a pair of very well turned out individuals. You look so smart Tina....no surprise there. Hope u had a very nice time.

You both look gorgeous.

WELL YOU BLENDED IN THEN oops caps lock on
im sure its an outfit you will get lots of wear out of and the dress can be worn with othewr things to the jacket , a nice lacy bolero , a longer jacket ,on its own so its versatile , a great purchase

Ooh, very nice, Tina - my sort of outfit (for that type of occasion, of course), flip-flops excepted! Kim's right: you will get so much wear out of the dress and the jacket would look very striking over plain black with some blingy jewellery.

Lynda

That was my justification in buying it, told Phil the dress (and jacket) were 'investment pieces', and that they will be my 'going out' clothes for the next ten years. Not sure he bought that one . Looked much better with 3 1/2" heels

mm the flipflops dont do anything for it ,good job you expleined about the heels coming on again
id be tempted to make it a matching longline ,as in hem length coat for other occasions too , and now you have your dressmaking head on you could do it yourself .

kimb wrote:mm the flipflops dont do anything for it ,good job you expleined about the heels coming on again
id be tempted to make it a matching longline ,as in hem length coat for other occasions too , and now you have your dressmaking head on you could do it yourself .

LOL, it's on the list, after a shrug....

Ooh - are you making a shrug, Tina? As in sewing rather than knitting? Have been searching for my ideal shrug/bolero for ages, without success: if there's a sewing pattern, maybe I could have a go (used to make my own clothes years ago). Of course, that's after I've done all the other sewing jobs.....

Lynda

wellll, there a three tops to complete for Molly first for her birthday (one down, two to go), then the jersey ( ) halter neck top for me, a new handbag, some more shopping bags.... but yes, I do have a pattern for a shrug; it goes with the halter neck top/ dress pattern Simplicity 2947. Not bought the fabric yet though...

Will look forward to seeing it in 2014, then.

Lynda

You look fab, you can see how you've toned up, I love the outfit. Like you seay, very versatile, I can see that jacket having a few outings Christmastime and the dress anytime of year. A good buy.

jersey !! can see why you are ing !! do you have an overlocker too ????

kimb wrote:jersey !! can see why you are ing !! do you have an overlocker too ????

no

UGH OOOOHH!!!!! have fun !

kimb wrote:UGH OOOOHH!!!!! have fun !

funnily enough, have put that project to the bottom of the pile for now

Kim don't tease her. Don't be put off Tina, your new machine does jersey material no bother. Its got the necessary stitches. Bad girl

well spill the beans , what stitch do you need for jersey .
im being serious not teasing honest ,its a fabric ive always avoided as i dont have overlock machine so if i know which stitch to try i will do .

kimb wrote:well spill the beans , what stitch do you need for jersey .
im being serious not teasing honest ,its a fabric ive always avoided as i dont have overlock machine so if i know which stitch to try i will do .

Zigzag I think, but I'll report back after my mentor has been to visit

Oh you did look lovely - sorry, I missed this at the time.

Yes, jersey fabric (even the very thin type) holds no mystery these days with good machines. I have a Bernina and it copes with absolutely everything. Because I am so short, I nearly always have to shorten Tshirts and other stuff like that and the machine has a special stitch so you can't see the difference between the M&S bought garment hems and my own ones. You sew it on the right side, that's the only difference. Don't be put off by this naughty person!!!!!