Pretty Pre-washing and a New Teapot

 

The first few colours of the rainbow quilt, now ironed and neatly stacked, waiting for me to find the courage to begin cutting...

And my beautiful new teapot with matching cup and saucer. Perfect condition. 

Thrifted for only $3.

Flair Awards Entry

The Flair Awards are run annually where I live, and are a fairly prestigious event for the area. Most of the entries are from students studying fashion design in Sydney, along with a few well known designers who live around here, but a bunch of unknown people are often accepted.

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 Two years ago I came second in a local fashion show for recycled plastic dresses, and through this I was offered to be sponsored to sew a real dress for that year's Flair Awards.

My plastic corset dress = P

Unfortunately, the dress I entered was a bit of a monstrosity, and thus it did not make it onto the runway (and conveniently I never took any photos of it either).
So I gave up for another year, finished school, became a lot better at sewing, and decided to make my own dress for the formal/prom. As soon as I saw this amazing dress that I really really love by Terani, I had my inspiration.

You may or may not have seen my formal dress already on BurdaStyle, but I thought it should really be on my blog by now, and this is the perfect chance to share it.
This year, I think I am actually ready to maybe possibly stand a chance of getting into the Flair Awards!

Read more to see my dress!

Rainbow Quilt Inspiration

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