Kid's Champagne

I remember, as a kid, that it wasn't a really classy party until somebody's parents brought kids champagne with them.  It was just a little sweet, and wonderfully frothy, and it made me feel very adult.
And that's what this dress makes me feel like!

Mrrrrrrrrr!

This is the yellow silk that I was given as a gift a week or two ago.  Its a really nice light butter yellow, as you can see, and is low-slub dupioni - you can't even tell it's not taffeta unless you're looking.  Like dupioni, however, it is very thin and stiff and crinkly.
I went with a straight waist because it seems like a more youthly style, and it's a nod to the fact that I at first wanted to do a later 1860s dress until I got this fabric.

The idea for the bertha came from this dress - it's cotton organdy on a base of green cotton twill with leftover lace from my 1840s dress and an antique 20s moire millinery ribbon.  I was too lazy to make a back, so now it's just a removable front bertha.  Yay laziness!

The dress was supposed to have an overskirt like this to jazz it up a bit, but unfortunately my machine started acting up a few days ago and I wasn't able to get it done on time.  Well, I still have the fabric, so maybe for next dance...

Mid-dance snack break, credit of Tammy B!

Also, I was having the crappiest week of all crap weeks until I came home and found a dress form waiting for me!  It's lovely (and too large at the waist...) but it will no doubt help me with draping finnicky things.

Also, since people seem to be posting their supplementary sewing diaries, mine is www.tumblr.com/blog/sewing-and-other-things.  Feel free to drop a line, but be warned, I curse like an angry sailor on tumblr (it brings out the rebel in me.)

Now! To sew warmies for Minooka!  /flies away/