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Melissa From Melly Sews: The Sabrina Tank

07/20/2012

I am so excited to have the talented Melissa from Melly Sews over today! Many of you may be familiar with Melissa who has been very busy lately!  
Lets’s see….. she hosted the 30 Days of Sundresses Series that I was lucky enough to be a part of, she was a contestant recently on Project Run and Play, and she has been featured all over the place! She also has a small line of cute sewing patterns so do drop by and visit her.
 Tell her I sent you….

Once upon a time...somewhere in blogland...there was a very, very large contest...which went by the name of Project Run and Play.  And I was a contestant, and the theme was "Let's Go to the Movies" and I was hard at work embroidering fabric for a Sabrina inspired dress. But then I got eliminated, and I never made the dress, preferring (selfishly) to keep the hours of embroidery for my own wear.

Hello, Sew Country Chick readers! I'm Melissa, and I blog over at Melly Sews.

I LOVE the movie Sabrina. Especially Audrey Hepburn's voiceover in the beginning.

Once upon a time... 

on the north shore of Long Island...

not far from New York...

there was a very, very large mansion--

almost a castle--

where there lived a family by the name of Larrabee.

And over the garage...

there lived a chauffeur by the name of Fairchild...

imported from England years ago...

together with a Rolls-Royce...

and a daughter named Sabrina.

In the moonlight

When the shadows play

When the thought of what could happen

Takes your breath away

Sighs and whispers

Quiet laughter in the air

Can make it seem that love is everywhere

Among other things...



So the story I led with is true - this fabric was originally intended to be a dress for a 2 year old. The embroidery was done with my embroidery machine, and even though it's machine made, the embroidery on this tank took over 10 hours. 


And then, since I did the embroidery with a 2 year old and gathers in mind, I had to draft and redraft and make muslins until I could cut the embroidered fabric to perfectly show it off and to flatter me, a girl whose curves are (mostly) in different places than a 2 year old's.

But here it is to share with you (and I wonder if I should have just gotten the Colette Hazel pattern that Justine has done such pretty things with?) 


And I have to say, the fact that I get to keep and wear this lovely embroidery myself makes up a tiny bit for being eliminated in the first place. 

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Melissa From Melly Sews : Paying Me a Visit Hi / Lo Strapless Dress Pattern Making Tutorial : Melly Sews’ 30 Days Of Sundresses Series Guest Posting @ Melly Sews and Sew & Tell Saturday. DIY workout pants and tank top pattern tutorial
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Comments

  1. Frøken Fogh says

    07/20/2012 at 3:58 pm

    I absolutely love this!!
    Beautiful..

  2. Janelle says

    07/21/2012 at 11:06 pm

    Oh my goodness, this is absolutely GORGEOUS!!!! I sooooooooo want it. =)

    Great job!

    Janelle
    homemadethisandthat.blogspot.com

  3. Jessica Chong says

    07/22/2012 at 7:47 am

    I love Audrey…and the embroidery on this is so beautiful!



I'm Justine! Welcome to my sewing blog! Here you'll find lots of handmade clothing for myself and other lucky folks! I'm a native Los Angeleno who moved to a small farm outside of LA with my family.

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