I finished my dress at exactly 9:45 this morning. The awards dinner was at noon. I got less than 4 hours of sleep last night but it was well...

We're coming to the end of the tunnel. Yesterday was crucial to the success of this project. I had to insert the sleeves and the zipper....

I made some good progress yesterday. Mind you this is getting my undivided attention. Sorry, honey. I need to live in couture land for anoth...

Do you know what takes almost as long as hand basting a dress together? Removing 3 sets of basting stitches after you've finally machine...

I spent all of yesterday meticulously hand basting the dress together. That was a LOT of basting. My fingers are sore. Here it is. Keep in m...

Basting! I finished all 24 pieces by 10:30 this morning. I happened to have this spool of vintage silk thread in my stash. It went thr...

Well, I did it. The fabric has been pinned and cut. Here it is all laid out on my nice, clean kitchen floor. That's one way to get me to...