New pair of hanging pockets

If another baroque reenactment is coming up and you have nothing but non-period stuff to hand-sew, what do you do? Of course, you create another absolutely unnecessary project for yourself - like embroidering yet another pair of pockets that noone but your most intimate friends will ever see! ;) Same cut and procedure as last time, only this time not striped and in blues but white with colours. Let's see where my creativity leads me! Pics to come...

Summer dress with flowers

I sometimes also sew clothes for everyday use. You can tell by the amount of real-life clothes I posted here that I clearly have a penchant for costumes, though... ;) The fabric I found is machine-embroidered in a large, floral pattern, black and white. The fabric itself is rather sheer, so I have to line all parts with white lining silk.

The complete design was done by me, and it's quite simple: the skirt is a half-length of fabric, worked with french seam at the back and hemmed by hand. 

The body part is modelled on the dummy, but basically it's a piece that goes round once, to which the neckholderbust-piece is attached. A little fumbling with the zipper, as always, but I opted for one instead of the buttons I wanted as closure in the first place because it can hold the strain of a tight fit better than buttons.

Red summer dress, again with flowers

 The quick and easy way this time - a Burda-pattern. The fabric is light rayon, printed with a floral, summer-y motive almost too romantic for me. But hey, it's summer, after all! (Well, this year's summer was a Wednesday. The rest was autumn that immediately followed a prolongued spring. Guess the dress is for next year.)

It's a seven-part pattern that's made special by its very low cut back and the lacing. The length depends on your taste.