A Truffle in France

Last weekend we went to France for a weekend getaway. I figured it would be the perfect opportunity to take some photo's of my two Truffle dresses which I made from the Colette Sewing Handbook.

How great is the colour of this door?

We went to the third smallest town in France, and it was great! We got to sit outside with the dogs the whole evening while enjoying great wine and food.

The first real dress (with an invisible zipper and a lined bodice) I made was a pink wool gingham Truffle, which I was absolutely in love with! 

All things made by me..

Our lovely hotel

Now, after sewing a lot more dresses (and losing a little bit of weight unintentionally), I see so many fit issues that I can't stand to wear this dress in public.. When it is hanging down and if I don't push my shoulders back, you don't notice it a lot, but I still notice it..

The back neckline is gaping like crazy, and the bodice is way too big. But since I lined the bodice, I think it will be a lot of work fixing this, what do you guys think?

Gaping!

More gaping!

I think I will eventually change the bodice, just because I love the fabric so much! It is really soft wool.

My first invisible zipper

Ooh! while typing this I realized something.. When I was at the fabric store buying this wool, I asked the lady about pre washing the fabric, and she told me I was crazy. Now, after working with wool and always pre washing it, maybe that might be my solution! Throwing the dress in the washing machine on the wool setting.. Hmm.. Might try that..

This is my second Truffle dress, without the ruffled skirt part.

Sorry for the wrinkles, there was no iron in the hotel!

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What kind of cotton is this?

My second Truffle dress is a blue cotton (not sure what you call this type of fabric) with a lace back. I retraced the bodice back and then cut out the part which I wanted to make in lace.

Inside out

I also moved the zipper to the side, which worked out great. I made my own bias binding for the armhole and necklines, and an invisible hand-sewn hem.

Little doggy butts in the corner..

Hand sewn hem

It is a bit on the short side, but I think it works because the front of the dress isn't too revealing..

This weekend I was also awarded the Super Sweet Blogger Award by Annette Tirette! I was soo excited to see my name there! Thanks soo much Annette!

One of my cake-creations

THE RULES: 
1. Thank the Super Sweet Blogger that nominated you. 
2. Answer 5 Super Sweet questions.
3. Include the Super Sweet Blogging Award in your blog post.
4. Nominate a baker’s dozen (13) of other deserving bloggers.
5. Notify your Super Sweet nominees on their blog.

THE 5 SUPER SWEET QUESTIONS:
1 – Cookies or Cake? Definitely cake! We get soo much cake at the veterinary clinic where I work and I absolutely love it! I also love to bake my own cakes, maybe I would prefer cupcakes over cakes, but that was not one of the options.. 
2 – Chocolate or Vanilla? Chocolate! For sure! This is my favourite recipe: Chianti Chocolate Cupcakes..
3 – Favourite Sweet Treat? The sour sweets, I really like those.
4 – When Do You Crave Sweet Things The Most? After I finish work while I'm driving my car! I eat a lot of liqourice then..
5 – Sweet Nick Name? Cocodrillo :)

I nominate the following bloggers: (not a baker's dozen, but that's quite a lot!) Rachel In Red and Coser Cosas!

Spotted pyjama party

Good morning everyone!
How was your weekend? I spent mine partying with my friends, doggies and family.. And today with all the lovely bloggers at Karen's Pyjama Party!

I finished my second pair of Madeleine mini bloomers from Colette Patterns on saturday morning.

Two pyjama parties in one weekend, time for some preparations!

This weekend I'm actually going to have two pyjama parties, can you believe that?

On saturday my grandma is turning 75 and is throwing a big party (I still have to make some changes to my finished Drape Drape dress, which I will blog about later, lot's of sewing to be done first!).

Nr. 1

After which we will be camping in their garden, together with my niece and nephews! And on sunday Karen, from the awesome blog Did You Make That?, is hosting her second pyjama party!

Nr. 2

So offcourse I'm sewing along, wouldn't want to miss a good party! Or two actually!
And since two pyjama parties means to nights, I'm making two pyjamas!

These buttonholes turned out way better than the first ones..

I'm using the Colette Patterns Madeleine mini bloomers pattern and it's for free! Karen is using the Tofino pattern from Sewaholic, but I was too late to order it in time for the sew-a-long, so I'm using another one and I'm saving all the sew-a-long details for another time.

More details later, just some pics for now!