Hooray, I can finally wear my beloved Cambie. As I have whined before, I finished mine right before autumn and only got to wear it once or twice before the weather got un-Cambie-ooperative. So I made Lenny drive me 1100 miles to my Dad’s in Florida because I missed wearing it so much.
It’s been forever since I made it, so I don’t have specific construction details, but it’s as lovely as everyone says. Thanks to Sew Busy Lizzy pointing me in the right direction, I had the resource of the Sewaholic lining/zipper tutorial on hand before I even had a chance to screw it up.
I am happy with the innards of this dreamy thing. The fabrics are a slightly stretchy cotton broadcloth and a delicious lilac pongee lining. It almost doesn’t look right together but I adore the combo.
I even hemmed the lining. This is a big thing for me. 🙂
Invisible zipper action. One of my best yet.
Here I am in the sunshine, taking obligatory palm tree pics.
Yay pockets. And yay sick brand new red shoes that I had purchased about 15 minutes earlier. (Very happy that Lenny needed new sneaks, so that I could in turn buy FIVE pairs of shoes. Famous Footwear is dangerous. Never let me go in there again.)
Temporarily fascinated by fuzzy red Floridian flora.
And in honor of the final day of Jungle January, here are some new shades that I just bought on the road.
As always, Happiest of Sewing!!
Cuckoo Chanel 
Guuuurl you are making me get the winter blues! Super jealous that you get to hang out by palm trees in your awesome dress. I love the fun floral print,and you KNOW I’m digging those hot red heels! Great job on your construction, it looks impeccable!
Thanks so much. I’m back in the real world now. It’s SOOO grey in NJ. But I guess I can look at my new shoes for a while until I can wear them again…
I also got some shiny blue heels that match my Tiramisu. So now I’m really miserable. 😛
Gorgeous dress! And shoes!! 🙂
Do you by any chance know what type of tree that fuzzy red one is? It looks remarkably like a Rata or Pohutakawa, but that can’t be right since they’re both New Zealand natives….. So now I’m super curious about what else looks like those!
It looks a lot like an Australian bottle brush too!
I just linked this to Kat’s comment, but here it is again. You got it right. Looks like the bottlebrush lives here in Florida and in your neck of the woods.
http://mgonline.com/articles/bottlebrush.aspx
It’s also in the background of my Gertie Butterick Dress!
I think Lizzy nailed it. It seems to be a bottlebrush. Here’s a link:
http://mgonline.com/articles/bottlebrush.aspx
Ooooh, your Cambie is so pretty! And I think lilac and red are perfect together!
Thank you. It’s a fun combo. The fabrics just happened to come in the same Fabric Mart shipment, and I couldn’t bear to separate them. 🙂
Jealous of the sunshine and warm weather and of the awesome fabric! The dress too, perfect outfit!
Thank you. Be jealous no more. I’m back in the cold north. It was fun while it lasted.
Great job! How much of a buzz do you get when you look at that lining and zipper insertion? I still smiling when I look at my Cambie linings – nerdy sewing moment of glee!
And nice shoes!
Oh my goodness I nerd out when I look at that lining. 🙂 Aren’t we special? It’s so fun to be a sewing geek.
Very pretty dress! Looks so summery and perfect for Florida.
Thank you!!
Love it! You look great and the invisible zip is awesome (mine are never ever actually invisible…)
It is raining in London today and I am very jealous of the sunshine…
Thank you! Somehow that cotton broadcloth was very cooperative. Total luck with that fabric.
Gorgeous dress, you did a great job! Looks fab with those shoes too. I am jealous of that sunny weather, it’s grey, grey, grey here 🙂
Thanks a million. I lurve that dress and shoes. Just got home to grey NJ, but I think it’s time to plan another trip so I can wear it again.
That is such a beautiful summery Cambie! ( Even though I live an hour from the “Cambie Street” the dress is named for and know that we’re in Polartec and Gore-Tex at the moment ) Makes me feel almost semi-warm again. The installation of that zipper is darn near flawless and I love the lining too. Enjoy the rays.
Thank you so much! I did enjoy the rays as much as I could. I had no idea where the name Cambie came from. Neat.
I love the fabric you used for your Cambie! The lining is a perfect shade, and I love the cheeriness of the red and white print for the outside fabric. I’m so glad you finally got to wear outside in the sunshine!
Thanks, Meg! Those fabrics make me so happy. I’m glad I stuffed the car with me-mades instead of wearing my same old boring shorts. It was worth the extra packing.
Wow! It’s beautiful! I love the colours!
Thanks a bunch! It was fun to wear, and I can’t wait until New Jersey thaws out!!
It’s such a lovely dress! I really need to make one of these!!!
Thanks! I can’t believe you haven’t made one already. Do it, woman!
God, I love that dress! AND it even has pockets! You are an inspiration to me. 🙂
You’re too sweet. Looking forward to seeing what you and Rita get into this year. 🙂
You look lovely in this dress. The fabric is so summery….very jealous of your Florida sunshine!