Pretty Bold

This is the first dress I made on the sewing machine I got for my birthday last year. I didn’t even use a pattern, but instead just traced the form of my favorite shift dress, which my best friend sent me from Korea. It’s a simple form, and I was pretty pleased with how it came out!

Still, I wanted to do some pattern mixing and add a belt for a tighter silhouette. The plaid top came from my favorite clothing exchange party (ah, how I will miss thee, now that I’ve moved away!), and the belt is from my favorite BB Dakota dress.

The bracelet came from the best wholesale jewelry spot in the world, right in Memphis, Tennessee: Jun Lee, where my awesome mom and I usually go for annual field trips to stock up on colorful bling. And, of course, I put on my most fun brown heels:)