Twenties, Charleston, Parties, Drinks, Dresses, Women, Hats and Decadence

Today I got my new sewing machine! In November my mum and I made a deal: She gets a new bag, I get my sewing machine. Now after a few months of thinking, researching, holiday and finally deciding we went to the store together and I tested my chosen one. It wasn't what I wanted … insert any sewing machine geek talk here … so I tested a different model and that was the one :).

Right on time I must admit because this Saturday a friend of mine hosts a "twenties – burlesque – dress-to-impress" party and I said I'd sew my own twenties-style dress … see here for my inspiration:

With my new fabrics from Sri Lanka that might even work. So my plan is to use a basic jersey H&M dress as a template AND sew the twenties dress around and on the H&M dress. The reason is that I don't need to measure that much, the fabric is so cosy but the cut is crap.

If I have the time I'll take pictures of the progress.

Here you see part of the fabrics I bought in SL – mostly cotton-silk mix. They are shinier than on that picture :)