dresses Archives ⋆ Polka Dot Cottage

Posted on June 25, 2019June 24, 2019 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

Two Dresses. And Then Two More.

It’s summer, so naturally I have gotten in the mood to supplement my handmade wardrobe. There was once a time when I loved sewing and I did quite a bit of it, but now I see it more as a means to an end. I love having a handmade wardrobe, and the most efficient way to add to it is to spend a few nights sewing. So, once or twice a year I do that.

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Posted on August 1, 2017June 22, 2019 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

Dress No. 1 Number Two

I sewed a second Dress No. 1, and I love it! I think I was made to wear green plaid…

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Posted on July 19, 2017 by Lisa Clarke — 2 Comments

Dress No. 1

I’ve been sewing! Come see my 100 Acts of Sewing Dress No. 1 in Telephones Aqua. You don’t have to call it that, though – it’s kind of a mouthful 🙂

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Posted on August 5, 2015 by Lisa Clarke — 6 Comments

Little peasant dresses

I forgot to show you these dresses I sewed a few weeks ago to go with the sweater prototypes.

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Posted on March 15, 2015June 22, 2019 by Lisa Clarke — 10 Comments

Fun with vintage sheets, part two

I sewed six more things from vintage sheets in the past week. Wanna see?

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Posted on May 26, 2014June 22, 2019 by Lisa Clarke — 7 Comments

Cherry weekend

Continuing the cherry theme, how about another new dress?

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Posted on May 22, 2014June 22, 2019 by Lisa Clarke — 24 Comments

My birthday dress

My birthday gift to myself today, was a few hours of uninterrupted sewing time, and now I have a new dress to wear.

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Posted on June 29, 2013June 27, 2013 by Lisa Clarke — 9 Comments

I made a dress, and it fits!

I’m excited that I’ve made a dress I can wear out in public (unlike all of my previous failed attempts over the years). Let me tell you a little bit about it…

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Posted on June 9, 2012June 9, 2012 by Lisa Clarke — 21 Comments

Sea foam

I found a pretty white sheath dress on sale for an outrageously hard-to-pass-up price at Van Heusen last month, and I was so happy with the way it looked on me, I went back and bought another one. (These days, I rarely find clothes that don’t make me feel self-conscious, let alone actually happy with […]

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Posted on June 3, 2010June 3, 2010 by Lisa Clarke — 25 Comments

That dress

Do you remember that dress? The one I made when reviewing Built By Wendy Dresses? The one where I screwed up the top portion so badly that I didn’t even model it for you? The one that has been languishing in a pile on a chair since February? Yes, that one. Well, I remembered it […]

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