To celebrate friends fathers 70th I decided to go all out. I sewed my own Diana Troi outfit (from the next generation, season 3) as well as creating a bottle of ‘ Aldebaran Whisky’ and simple card.

Dress: pattern based on a paper pattern which I edited moving darts on bodice, lowering the waistline, lengthening the sleeves and added zip cuff as well as adding the front leg split. The fabric is 4 way stretch scuba crepe jersey in turquoise. I actually really enjoyed working with this fabric due to the forgiving stretch nature but also how formal the fabric looks.

Bottle: the bottle is an old caorunn gin bottle with new labels being printed on Matt adhesive paper. The front label is actually on the back of the bottle as I loved the ‘made in Scotland’ embossed as I wanted it displayed on the front. It’s filled with green apple syrup and the ingredients are listed on the new label.

Card: created in Affinity designer, simple design with a metal pin on the front printed out on koala (A3 cut down to A4) double sided Matt 230gsm folds to an A5 to finish.