The Hawthorn
I've been working on this dress since March. Intermittently, slowly. Trying to do things as well as possible instead of my usual rush job. I even made a muslin and decided to size down, knowing this satin would show every crinkle where the fit was wrong. I am looking forward to finishing the muslin into something wearable too. It'll be fine a size up in a light weight woven stripe. I've put it off because of the buttons I think... There are a lot of buttons. This is Colette Patterns again . They really write a beautiful pattern. I want to go back and put smaller buttons on the collar to convince it to stay down on both ends and up the men's wear details on it. I didn't have time to get matching buttons before the wedding when I realized that the collar just wasn't going to behave. When my mother in law asked me to be in her wedding I knew I had to find something special. Something pretty and simple and that I...