Last week I attended the very first Perth Frocktails event! Frocktails is a concept created by Kat in Melbourne many years ago. The idea is that you sew an outfit and head out for a cocktail and dinner with other people who are as freakishly obsessed with sewing as you are. Tell me that isn’t awesome?! Because it is. Since then Canberra began their own Frocktails events organised by Amanda, and for a long time i sat in Perth feeling just a little tiny bit jealous. Ok a lot jealous- they always look like they’re having so much fun! So of course i was incredibly excited, and immediately jumped on the bandwagon when the lovely Nat of Sew Outnumbered and Sew For Life organised the very first Perth Frocktails. And you guys it was super fun! It’s always a […]

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Silk and Tafetta dress

The Burroughes has played host to many high-profile events including: Creative Artists Agency, Holt Renfrew TIFF Party, MAC Cosmetics, Philip Sparks fashion shows, Frocktails and ReThink Breast Cancer. Exhibitions for Sheridan College (Illustration and Interior Design Schools), Ryerson University, LuminaTO, and MADE Furniture, just to name a few.

Last month, was the first ever Los Angeles Frocktails and today, I'm sharing the dress that I made to wear to the event. It was a really fun party and I loved being able to meet other local sewing enthusiasts. I have been dreaming about summer weather and really want to add some sundresses to my wardrobe this year so making something for Frocktails was the perfect motivator. I was originally going to make a different dress from red polka dot fabric (I still hope to make it very soon) but as I got closer to the event without a new dress, I decided to make a dress using a pattern that I had sewn before. So, I used the Jessica dress pattern Mimi G/Sew Sew Def magazine. (See my first version here.) Along the way though I ended up making a few design modifications. It was not as fast to whip up as I had hoped and I didn't finish until the day of the party, with just an hour to spare.Phew!