Promaballoona at Sew LA

Soooo I'm making a prom dress today. For me.

Allow me to explain.

The fabulous sewing blogger Oona [pictured above] from the blog Oonaballoona is going to be having her prom themed birthday party at Sew LA on Sunday at 9pm. It's called Promaballoona. And it's going to be the best fake prom you have ever seen. Spiked punch, a dance floor, awkward photo setup...everything you remember and tried to forget. It's open to anyone [do come if you're in LA!] and you can dress as a prom-goer from any era.

Here are the main ingredients of my yet-to-be-made dress. The first is the Sewaholic Cambie dress. View B is a little prom-ish in the right fabric, no?

Second, this shiny aqua cotton sateen from Robert Kaufman. It's cotton so it will be easy and quick to work with, but it's oh so shiny and fancy looking. It's also a lot more saturated than the picture implies.

And lastly. My favorite. Eight yards of the most wonderfully tacky aqua metallic tulle from Joann's. YES.

The pictures don't truly capture the glory of this tulle. It is slightly iridescent, and makes me think of a toddler's mermaid costume. In the best way possible.

My real life prom dress was a knee length strapless pink shiny dress that had pink flowers stuck on it. What was yours?

Colette Patterns Book Signing This Weekend!

If you live in the LA area, you should definitely come to Sew LA in Silver Lake this Saturday night [Feb 18th] at 6pm.

Sarai Mitnick, the founder and designer of the awesome pattern company Colette Patterns, will be there signing copies of her new book, the Colette Sewing Handbook.

This book is beautiful! It's chock full of sewing knowledge, gorgeous photos and cute projects.

Colette Patterns has released over 20 individual patterns so far. They're all very cute and unique with a touch of vintage flair. I have a Ceylon dress pattern sitting on my sewing table that I'm planning on wearing to the book signing [definitely have to get my act together and make that...].

All Colette Patterns will be 20% off that night, AND if you wear something you've made from a Colette Pattern, you will get an additional 10% off!

There will also be drinks and goodies [macarons, eclairs, spiked tea, etc] and a fun photobooth. It's free and no RSVP is needed. I hope I'll see you there!

[p.s. happy valentine's day! I'm not feeling very valentiney this year but if you're doing something I hope it's extra special.]