Peachy Lace/Splash Nails for Spring – do it yourself!

Peachy Spring Splash Nails made with Lace by thisblogisnotforyou.comHello again! I had a lovely sunny start into the week and hope you did, too! As there are signs everywhere of spring finally having badly kicked winter’s ass, here’s a really quick spring nails tutorial.
Nails? Yep, I know normally I don’t ‘do beauty tutorials’ and my nails are most of the time looking rather damaged by all my pins and needles, but I found this lovely peachy nail colour the other day. I had the idea of combining it with a neon pink nail colour I never wear and I think it turned out great.

In case you’re wondering, you can get this pastel coloured nail polish everywhere these days – it’s THE trend colour this spring (and lace THE trend fabric, btw).
If you want to have this exact peachy colour -HINT- just buy the latest issue of Instyle Magazine (which I also normally don’t buy, what is wrong with me these days? Must be spring, I guess) – they have three different nail colours in their June 2013 issue (at least here in the UK), so make sure you pick the right one ๐Ÿ˜‰

Enough talk, here we go. All you need is two different colours of nail polish, a transparent one and a piece of lace.
Peachy Spring Splash Nails made with Lace by thisblogisnotforyou.com

Bustier Minidress with Asymmetrical Overskirt – Hello Summer!

Minidress with asymmetrical overskirt by thisblogisnotforyou.com

Phew, after a whole day of sewing and unpicking (but mostly unpicking) dress #6 of my 27 Dresses Challenge is done!

Minidress with asymmetrical overskirt by thisblogisnotforyou.com

I have to admit, I’m proud of this one. This one was quite a challenge for many reasons. I drafted the bodice pattern using intructions from the Burdastyle Sewing Vintage Modern book. I’ve never sewn something so fitted and I’ve never used polyester boning before. But it turned out good and it fits perfectly.

Except for the bodice, I made all the other patterns myself.

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I bought the fabric over a year ago and it had to wait in a box patiently since I didn’t really know what to do with it. I used part of the butterfly chiffon for my petticoat. The brown fabric was a mispurchase, really. I ordered it online and when it arrived it was not what I had expected. Its texture is almost like the flysheet of a tent, but feels a bit like velour. Its mainly viscose and wrinkles very easily. That’s why I thought it would work best with a very fitted pattern. With this dress there’s seriously no room for wrinkles.

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ย This one was taken before I knew that I would get a bit of sunshine on a rainy London day. I just really like how the light falls through the fabric:

Minidress with asymmetrical overskirt by thisblogisnotforyou.com

Hopefully I can wear it soon. The weather has been surprisingly good in the last few weeks. Hope I can have some ice cream in that dress without busting the bodice part ๐Ÿ˜€

Unfortunately, I did not have enough time (and nerves ahhh the unpicking!!) to take pictures for a tutorial on this dress.ย I’ve done a tutorial on asymmetrical hem dresses before, you can find it here.

ย If you have any questions feel free to ask!

Spring is back – and so am I.

A whole month of no sewing (craaaaaazy!), no blogging but way too much non-stop studying.

Finally. Exams are over, all deadlines met and I have (at least part of) my life back. After four weeks of not having the chance to discharge all my creative energy I’m loaded with ideas. And guess what? Yes, I started sewing right away.

But not before relaxing a bit in Regent’s Park which is so damn pretty right now. Here are some impressions of the park and a sneak peek at what’s coming up:

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I finally picked up my copy of Sewing Vintage Modernย and drafted the bodice pattern for a fitted bustier dress. The instructions were really simple and the muslin fits perfectly. However, I won’t sew the dress from the book but will be a bit more creative than that ๐Ÿ˜‰

It’s gonna be the first time I will use polyester boning. Pretty exciting ๐Ÿ˜‰

polyester boning bodice muslin by thisblogisnotforyou.compolyester boning bodice muslin by thisblogisnotforyou.com

 

So, what have you been up to in the last four weeks? Did I miss anything exciting?