Following my pre-order months ago, I was thrilled to arrive at work and find that Amazon had come through with my copy of Gertie's book!
I had never realised all the stabilising and padding and reinforcing that goes in to creating a tailored garment. But Gertie makes it all seem attainable even to a newbie like me! I know it will be a long time before I can even think about attempting something like her suit jacket:
but i am sorely in need of tops and there are some gorgeous ones in the book that I can see in my near future!
The Portrait Blouse
The Keyhole Top
And I love the bound buttonholes on the back of the bow tie top:
And the Tiki dress is great!
In fact, maybe i should work through her book in the way she worked through VNBBS at the beginning of her blog! I espcially love the fact that she models all the clothes. She looks fantastic throughout!
And to top that off, I met up with Karen and a group of other lovely ladies to drool over the ballgowns at the V&A and talk sewing. I completely forgot my camera so unfortunately don't have any pictures but it was lovely to talk about sewing and not see people sidling away - or maybe I just have that effect on people! My particular favourite dresses were the black beaded bias cut dress (top pic, second from the left) and the Holly Fulton one with the Rocky Horror-esque lip print and leather trim (bottom pic on the catwalk).
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Hi Joanne, Was lovely to meet you at Karen's event (I was wearing the red stripy dress)
ReplyDeleteAnd thank you for sharing your Gertie with lots of over-excited women! :)
(And I think you can make a tailored jacket... you're a lady who put decorative piping in your dress seams! Go on, Gertie will talk you through it..!)
hi tania. lovely to meet you too! your dress was ace! thanks for the vote of confidence! i might start with a slightly less tailored version and work up to gertie!
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