Polkadotted Nuns

Oops! I did not mean to skip posting yesterday! I got up early and everything rearing to be uber productive, was uber productive and then one o'clock rolled around and I was so dern tired I couldn't keep my eyes open. I've been trying to get myself into bed at ten or eleven o'clock at the latest, but each night it seems I don't get into bed til midnight or nearly one. Which is messing up my morning mojo. I've also discovered that this causes an inability in me to read a clock properly. Twice now I've read it either upside down and backwards, or gotten the time wrong entirely. Once I woke up and ten fifteen (pm) and couldn't figure out why my house was so quiet when in reality it was 3:45 (am). Today I woke up, threw on clothes because it was eight thirty and that means my dad was getting ready to leave and since my car is currently out of commission, I had to go with him. While I was frantically brushing my teeth I could not figure out why I did not hear my mother cooking breakfast. So I ran down stairs and Bri was asleep on the couch and I yelled at her "Bri get up! It's 8:30!" only to look at the clock and see that it was in fact 7:35. I almost punched myself in the face. Anyways in other exciting news, today Bri and I went to her bank and while in line we saw nuns. No joke. Nuns in Wamu, or whatever it's called now. I took pictures for proof:

SEE!!! I was so excited! I am not catholic, but the idea of Nuns in a bank cracked me up and I scrambled to get my camera out in time to take pictures. I do apologize for their horrid-ness. Bank lighting is bad.

And here is the polka dot dress I made! I quite love it. Sorry that the pictures aren't awesome, I'll take better ones tomorrow, I just haven't had a chance to do so. I spilled ice cream on it and there was a tree climbing incident that left bark splatter, and our washer is dead until tomorrow. I didn't use a pattern for this, just cut and sewed and readjusted until I liked it. It's not perfect, but it is 96.7 % perfect. I'll write up how I did it and exactly what I would change later. I do want to mention the bias tape. It's vintage that my mom picked up a long time ago and I've always loved it. I was going to go with plain red bias tape, but then I saw this and thought that the patter mixing would be pretty cute. So voila! there you have it. My other favourite thing about it is the back which I will have to show you later since I didn't get any pictures of it. I'm thinking of making a few more and improving the design a little. This dress is a cotton and it is sooooo nice for these horrible hot days we're having. I think I could live in this dress. Though next time I'll remember not to make one in white. I am far to klutzy/adventurous-when-it-comes-to-trees-and-hills-of-dirt for white dresses. Also how awesome is that jump!

Dress- home made by me
Belt- Torrid
Bag- 80's Dooney and Bourke
Flats- Pinupgirlclothing.com
Ribbon- somewhere in the garage.