Burda 7207 Beach Dress and a Squashed Cat Coat

Dear People,

2013 is four days old and there are hot cross buns in some stores here already. Eesh! Let's get through Australia Day and Valentine's Day first if you don't mind!

I am on holidays and have been partying sewing. I have even done a Pattern Review here of the beach wraps I've sewn in the last few days. My daughter requested a dress/wrap modeled here by me, from material she knew was in my stash and a design she had seen on the internet. She doesn't sew but she's very clever :) Her version is black, knee length and drapier and looser, made to specifications after she tried this one on.

Doing my best Holly Golightly, in the Burda 7207 Beach Dress

A Square with two loops

So why did I buy a pattern for a square piece of material? For the dimensions, which were all wrong! The whole story is in my Pattern Review.

To be fair it is an interesting concept and the short version in the pattern has a nice looking  frill and would look good in a light colorful woven. 

On other matters, the next thing in my queue is a cream maxi dress but after that I will be tackling a three year old UFO, that's unfinished object to you non sewers, as part of Jungle January over at Petty Grievances Jungle January.

I'll be letting the cat out of the bag. From memory I had cut out Burda WOF (as it was then) coat 104/09/2007 from a lovely fake ocelot, remembered how I hate breathing in faux fur, and put it aside in favor of something else. I am determined to be brave, get myself a face mask and rev up the vacuum cleaner because this baby will be made. I'm just letting it and me breathe..

Happy January everyone,
Val.