Challenge: Using at least two prints, coordinate them to make an outfit. Use only the fabric prints you have chosen to make your pieces. Think about where you would wear your fun outfit and choose a theme for your photo shoot. 

You will be judged on creativity, craftsmanship, how well your prints work together, your images, garment personality, and fit.

After receiving the rules I headed straight to Joann Fabric on my lunch hour to get some ideas.  I almost instantly spotted the two prints I wanted to use.  A vibrant silky floral peach skin and a navy blue polka dot peach skin.  Now what I've read on the internet about peach skin fabric is that it's most likely a woven polyester that is treated to have a mildly velvety textures just like a peach's skin.  What I imagine when I think of peach skin is those tiny little hairs....nope, this fabric is not hairy.  It has a silky touch and feels really nice against the skin.

I knew I wanted to make a dress and this fabric reminded me of Spring.  It's only November and I'm already dreaming about Spring and apparently still sewing for the season. (It's gonna be a LONG winter)  The pattern I chose was Cynthia Rowley's Simplicity 2250.  I hadn't a clue that the bodice alone has 11 pattern pieces containing 7 darts, 4 pleats and a fold.  I was slowly starting to see my weekend unfold.  I mulled over Pattern Review.com for a couple days reading reviews and planning my attack.

I spent a whole evening after work just cutting out the pattern and fabric.  I ran into a snag.  After laying out my fabric on my cutting table (aka: kitchen island) I noticed a huge flaw in my fabric that ran at a diagonal all the way down the fabric.