hand dyed fabric

I love the way this is turning out. First I cut out the caftan. Then I hand dyed the unbleached muslin using the Rit Dye Microwave instructions. Easy! Love the marbling effect without jacking with resist or worse yet wax. I then rubber stamped some crackle effect and pounded fresh pansy's onto the hem. Not sure if I'm done with my altered fabric. Tomorrow I may do some hand embroidery. Anxious to sew this up and wear it to the pool!

caftan

Okay, here is the first caftan. Bought a smaller pattern because this is huge. Wish I would have made it out of muslin or something cheap before cutting into the expensive fabric. I want to redo it but am resisting the urge.

serged caftan

Okay, I am really proud of myself for threading my new serger. I'm amazed at myself for actually making a garment. Don't get me wrong. I made some amateur mistakes but this is actually wearable. I'm going to wear it proudly.

After last nights unfortunate events this looked like Buster had chewed a large hole front and center. Turns out you can't serge the facing. Lucky me, the pattern is HUGE and I was able to fix the problem and maybe help the sizing. The collar will not lay as illustrated but who cares. My next project hopefully will go better. Live and learn.

Right now I'm going to take a hot bath and put on my new robe.