gathered dress!

I bought the fabric a while back with the intention of using the patterned fabric for some cute bags and the yellow for the lining. But then I kept looking at the fabric, loved it, wanted a dress, and decided the bags just weren’t as necessary.

I pinned this dress a while back because I liked how the bodice and waist band were gathered.

(Not sure of the original source.)

I like how my dress is a more casual version. I have a feeling I’ll be more likely to wear it often if I don’t feel like it’s too dressy.

I didn’t take the right pictures for a full tutorial, but I can show you how I did the bodice. If you have never sewn before, I highly recommend getting a Simplicity dress pattern and use it to learn more about how a dress is properly assembled. Then, once becoming familiar with it, you’ll find it easier to just make one up as you go. If you aren’t very comfortable with reading a pattern, check out this post and this post.

I cut out the front of the lining in the correct size for myself (used another dress as a pattern), but for the gathered front piece I added several extra inches to the middle to allow room for the gathering.

Using pins, I marked where I wanted the gathers to start and finish.

Then did a gathering stitch (set my tension to the highest and stitch length to the longest). I then sewed back over the gathering stitching with regular stitches to hold the gathers in place. Repeat along the bottom of the bodice.

Then I ironed the gathers down to give them more definition. This gave it a bit of a randomly pleated look.

Pin the front and lining together, right sides together, along the neck line and sew together.

Turn right side out and press your seam.

To do the waist band, I cut a five inch thick panel that was long enough to go around my entire waist. Then, every four inches I did gathering stitches (going up and down rather than side to side like on the bodice), zig zagged over them and pressed to give those gathers definition.

The waist band was sewn to the bodice, then I gathered the skirt (I used a lot of fabric because I wanted a full skirt) and sewed it to the waist band, added a zipper and hemmed.

I like how the bodice has some looseness to it and that the waist band mimics the bodice, even though it isn’t too obvious when you just glance at the dress.

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How to Dye Your Hair With Indigo

Indigo is a natural dye, the same used for dying blue jeans. It can make your hair blue-black, if you already have dark hair. Indigo is messy, but is safe. Most black hair dyes contain PPD, a dangerous chemical that can cause allergic reactions.

Steps: Things You'll NeedTips and Warnings
Cover everything in old towels or newspaper, and wear old clothes.

Dye your hair with henna first for the best result. This helps give the indigo a base to stick to. You can mix indigo into henna to get shades of reddish-brown to auburn to brownish black.

Get 100g of indigo for every six inches of hair. Curly hair will need more. 200g is usually enough for shoulder length hair.

Mix the indigo in a plastic bowl with warm water.

Wait 10-15 minutes, you will see the green powder start to turn a deep purple black on top. When it's black, it's ready.

Get someone to help you apply the indigo, starting at the back. Cover your entire hair, and wrap it in saran wrap.

Wipe off the drips that run down, or you'll have grey streaks on your face and neck. Laying on your back helps keep the indigo from dripping down.

Rinse the indigo off with cool water after 45 minutes to an hour.

Your indigo will be dark brown at first, and deepen to black over 2-4 days. Wait several days, and reapply if you see any missed spots, or if the indigo is not dark enough.

Those little faces we send to lighten the mood of a text, convey ultimate sadness or anger ... those semi colons with the bracket (  ) that signifies a flirty tone to the message or the colon and the p ( :P) that puts across a joking nature to the message. It has become ingrained in our minds that these are the persons reactions, and the absence of them would really disturb us! How strange!

When you get a text/tweet/facebook message that has no smiley face ... You would instinctively ask the person 'what's wrong'..we would automatically assume that the person is upset with an "I'm fine." Message.

The late 1990s generation popularized internet slang like “LOL”, “BRB” and “ROFL” to tackle issues. Even that isn’t enough sometimes so we popularized the use of emoticons.

I for one, loveeee emoticons, I find I m more expressive and the person on the other side knows exactly how I m feeling. I just love those cute, adorable smileys