Week in Feminine Dress Day 7

This is the last day of the 'Week in Feminine Dress' over on the Sense and Sensibility message board. It went by so quickly! I've enjoyed seeing the outfits the ladies there have worn this week and am inspired by their creativity. :)

Today I wore the same work dress as I did on Tuesday, with the addition of my 'Tasha Tudor' apron. I planted beans, Swiss Chard and Zucchini and did a bunch of weeding in the garden. The weather was lovely!

~Alyssa

Week in Feminine Dress Day 6

My dress today is one I made last year from fabric I found on sale at JoAnns. The sweater and sandals are from a thrift store and I made my bracelet.

Here I was trying to show the gore in the center front of the skirt. (There is one in the back and at each side seam too.)

"Leaning" on the light pole! ;)

~Alyssa :)

Week in Feminine Dress Day 5

Today I am wearing a blue 3/4 sleeve shirt from a thrift store, a denim skirt I made from some of our old jumpers, and a pansy pin.

My sister and a friend started a book study at church and we are going through the book Do Hard Things so I am busy reading the assigned chapters for this week.

These flowers are such fun to make!

~Alyssa

Week in Feminine Dress Day 4

Today I wore a blouse I made a couple years ago using as fabric a skirt that was too short for any of us. I used my favorite blouse pattern - Style 2889 with different sleeves and neckline. My skirt is from Land's End.

We stopped at the train depot on our way home from an appointment and Mom took this picture. It was very windy today!


Here is a little bit better view of the blouse.

~Alyssa

Week in Feminine Dress Day 3

Today I am wearing my blue and white checked work dress. We bought a large amount of this fabric years back and this is my 3rd dress made from it! The others all eventually wore out. This one I made a couple weeks ago so it should last for a few summers. :)

For some reason I've always made these work dresses with a simple square neckline. This time I experimented with a slight variation.

Washing dishes. :)

~Alyssa

Week in Feminine Dress Day 2

Today I am wearing a short sleeved dress I made a few years ago. It's very sturdy and good for cleaning house! The shawl I've had for years...I'm not quite sure where we got it. I've always liked shawls and capes! I don't think I'll wear it all day though since it is actually warming up outside!!

(Our dog 'Willie' joined me for this picture.)

I pulled my hair back with some flower clips Mom gave me last fall.

I've got the entry and laundry room vacuumed; now I am off to wash windows!
Have a great day!!
~Alyssa

Week in Feminine Dress Day 1

Well, here is my outfit for today. :)

My princes style dress is made from Rayon and was given to me by a lady at church. (I like hand-me-downs!) The wool jacket/sweater is from a thrift store. It really is spring here now but the temperature was in the 50's this morning! Birrr!

My sister gave me my necklace for Christmas last year and the hair clip is from WalMart.

~Alyssa

WIFD Starts Tomorrow!

Tomorrow is the start of another Week in Feminine Dress (WIFD) that the ladies on the 'Sense and Sensibility' message board do a few times a year. We take pictures of what we are wearing each day of the week and share them with each other. It's such fun to see everyone's outfits! So I will be posting pictures here on my blog of what I wear each day this coming week.
This time we are challenging ourselves to look more feminine in what we wear, just in simple ways. It is easy to wear a skirt/dress but not really look very feminine. (At least I've found this to be true personally.) So it will be interesting to see what everyone comes up with!

~Alyssa