My favorite projects tend to be dresses sewn for specific events, and this past week I had to put my wardrobe sewing on hold to finish my dress for graduation.
The College of Charleston graduation takes place outside on the Cistern, the most beautiful spot on campus, and the women all wear white dresses and the men white tuxedo jackets instead of caps and gowns. I was lucky enough to find some plain white seersucker at Hancock Fabrics on sale for about $3.50 a yard, sketched out a design on a post-it note, and sewed my dress up in the two days between moving out of my dorm and driving back to Charleston for graduation rehearsal.
Here’s the dress in action:
And one closer up, flanked by my little brothers (who obligingly wore bow-ties at my request):
Despite the rush to get it finished, I’m pretty happy with the results.
