A half-lace dress and my bridal shower!

A half-lace dress and my bridal shower!

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• 6.27.2011

I have a very lovely dress (in my opinion) to share with you today... you may remember I posted a pic of this pretty thing from Anthropologie a while back:

The Gathering Breeze dress.  So pretty.  Love the lace bodice and lightweight skirt.  It's actually modal, easier to care for than some of the silk dresses Anthro has, I bet!  The bodice is a nice cotton lace (hard to find at JoAnn or other regular fabric stores).

I was so inspired by this dress that while I was thinking about what to wear to my bridal shower (my maid of honor planned it all, but I knew the color scheme was white, green, and pink!), I really wanted something like it myself.

Lucky me, I was at my mom's house where she had some beautiful 100% cotton lace from Home Sew, a mail order discount supplier she uses for her business.  She also had some pretty pink stretch stuff for the skirt!

I used my old fave pattern for the bodice and only one panel of the extra-wide skirt fabric.  I didn't go for the corset/bustier style on the bodice--it seemed too lingerie-like (and it's harder and I don't have an exact pattern).

I cut out three layers of the bodice: one of the lace, one for an interlining to sew with the lace, and one regular lining.  I also used a little strip of white scalloped lace inserted into the top!

I made the dress in two or three hours.  It was fun and fast!  And I really love it.

And it was perfect for the pretty tea party-themed shower my bridesmaids threw me!  See the pretty table...

Robin, on the right, organized the shower and it was at Shauna's house (she's on the left).  I was so touched by everything they did!

Robin even made a "Congratulations Suzannah" banner out of paper doilies!

I felt cute and had fun in the dress for the whole party.  It even went with the gifts and games!

Ha ha!  It was a very fun shower and I loved the girly pink and lace of the dress with the tea party theme.