Cath Kidston...ish!

I found a lovely wodge of material whilst walking through Mapusa market in Goa a while back.

 

It was kind of 'Cath Kidston...ish' and so utterly irresistible.  I couldn't pass by and after a quick negotiation bought the whole lot from the stall holder!!  I think he was rather pleased....and so was I!!

I was also wanting to experiment using cap sleeves...

 

As time was short, I used local tailors to make the dress up for me.  

 

Here's the pattern if you would like to make the Verity Hope dress...

The Verity Hope dress pattern is available from these two Etsy shops as instant downloads...

VERITY HOPE

VERITY HOPE'S WARDROBE

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Susannah x

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Bamboo Delight...

A while ago I did a photoshoot wearing the Verity Hope dress as a Wedding dress...

I wanted it to be floaty, dreamy and retain its elegant charm...

The fabric chosen was bamboo... this has a beautiful ethereal quality and drapey, diaphanous flow...

Bamboo is an ideal fabric to use for a beach wedding dress...

This is a slightly different style also made out of bamboo...

It breathes beautifully, has antibacterial qualities and is cool to wear... 

Add some vintage style flowers perhaps?

 And a flower ball or two...

et voila!

The Verity Hope dress is available as an instant download PDF sewing pattern 

from my two Etsy shops...

It is a multi size pattern is sizes: small, medium, large and x-large...

Pattern available from these links below...

 VERITY HOPE'S WARDROBE

VERITY HOPE

Thank you for visiting,

Susannah x