First dress of 2014- A Colette Peony

Well sewing for myself this year is going well I've managed a couple of makes which I've finished this week including my first Colette Peony dress. 

I've had both the pattern, bought from Backstitch and the fabric from Exeter stitch sew and hobbycraft show at westpoint for an age. 

So a couple of weeks ago I preped my fabric measured myself-properly and off I went. I'm a pretty impatient sewer which I suppose comes from grabbing sewing time. My sewing space has to be in the middle of the house or I would never see it. Anyway I did make a muslin of the bodice and I'm glad I did as I could make all my mistakes on it. 

It was rough and ready but did help me speed up on the real dress. 

So a couple of week later it was ready for a date night with my husband. 

I do love the fit and am surprised that everything is in the right places. I did find the sleeves a bit tricky and just had to go with it. I found the pattern really easy to follow and along with a few videos from the Colette blog and website I was able to complete it with minimal problems. 

It was my first consealed zip that I fitted. I did buy a consealed zip foot for my janome which made it so much easier (picked up on amazon for about £5- great service from seller) I did follow the Colette video tutorial which was straightforward. 

Loving my new dress and I'm really pleased with the results I can see a few more over the next year. Just a couple more shots. 

And finally on what was the sunniest day so far 

Back to looking after poorly boy currently sat on my knee half asleep poor sweetie. 

Claire xx