I just wanted to post up a quick “Thank You” to you guys for all of the sweet comments you left about my Macaron Redux dress. I don’t think I’ve had so many comments on one garment than I’ve had on this dress!  It was lovely of you all to leave such thoughtful comments, you… Read More »

Fiiiiinally right?!  heh Well, I’m as happy as can be that this dress is finally completed.  It’s been 2 years in the making and is my first finished object in 2013. Colette’s Macaron dress was the primary reason that I wanted to learn how to sew.  I had seen the dress on Gertie’s blog and… Read More »

Soo… are you guys sick of seeing my WIP macaron dress yet?!  heh This post constitutes all of the work I put in on the dress as of 8pm Sunday evening.  And I have to admit, I was 100% sick of working on this dress at this point!  I spend my entire weekend working on… Read More »

This is a quick post just to show you the inside of the bodice, pre- and post-lining. I mentioned it before, but never showed you guys…  The image below shows the silk charmeuse armsyce binding I stitched in by hand. Having pre-cut lots of bias binding strips made it quite easy to get to work… Read More »

Here I am back with another edition of: All Things Macaron.  This time I’m showing you guys the lining that I worked on late last week.  I’m still pretty behind with posting up all of the construction images, which I guess is a good thing.  It means I’m taking plenty of photos (for once).  heh… Read More »

I’m back once again with more peplum-icious images for you. First things first… in my last post I made a reference to my hippy-hips not being suitable for a peplum.  I’m not sure who was the first to mention that to me, but I’ve always had the general idea that anything that ends at the… Read More »

Today’s blog post should get me one step closer to catching you guys up on what I did over the weekend with my Macaron dress hack. I am head-over-heels in love with peplums.  I’m not sure you all feel the peplum love like me, which I should state is “second” over my love of bows;… Read More »

It’s been AGES since I’ve even contemplated working on my Macaron Redux dress.  And as more time had passed, I’ve grown quite wary of the project since I really had no idea if the bodice even still fit me.  It is the month after Christmas and yummy holiday treats after all… So before even picking up… Read More »

I was looking back over a few of my ‘Macaron Redux’ related posts and realized I never put any pictures up yet of my finished applique seams. This is the bodice back, all sewn up. I finished hand stitching down all of the floral motifs to complete the horizontal seam.  Additionally, I finished sewing up… Read More »

My ‘macaron redux’ dress is officially starting to take shape and look like an actual bodice. I managed to sew the shoulder seams this evening.  These little seams really should have only taken me 30 minutes (tops) to sew up ended up taking a few hours.  Darn this mouth surgery!  It’s making things very difficult… Read More »