Dressing Swank for "Frank"

Last night was a swinging cocktail party in honor of Frank Sinatra's birthday. Well, that and the fact that everyone was officially done with fall quarter. I finished up the scholastic part of my life on Tuesday, leaving me with almost four full days to whip up a frock for Frank. And here she is:

I used this pattern in view C/D. I made this style once before but used an a-line skirt instead of the sheath silhouette. This time, however, I stuck to the pattern almost entirely but added some pockets on the sides and fully lined the whole thing.

The exaggerated collar is made from a faux fur (actually, everything about this dress is faux - it's a smorgasbord of non-breathable polyester materials but it's winter in Chicago so that's okay). Cutting the fur made a total mess and it looked like a cut the bangs on a full kindergarten class of brown-haired girls:

The finished product came out quite fetching, I must say.

Next up are some Christmas presents and perhaps a knit top or two. My sister nicely lent me her serger but I have to experiment with it; I'm just waiting for the right, low-risk project and a lot of patience to learn. For now, my brain is fried.