My friend Rosie wanted to try sewing something and here it is! As her first sewing project she wanted to make an apron and it turned out lovely!

Red Winter Dress

This is my latest creation! It is very pretty and weighs a TON! Well, okay maybe not a ton...more like 5lbs. But that's still a lot of dress!!

The tiny gathers with beads on them took me hours to do. There are 94 beads total. The cape was a last minute thing that I put together in about half an hour. It is a velvet material and is fully lined. the skirt is 5 layers plus a petticoat that REALLY helped to keep me warm in this photo shoot.

I also made the pearl hair pins the morning of and it took about 15 minutes with drying time. I took bead pearls that matched the dress and threaded them on hair pins with just a drop of glue to keep them secure.