Well, it's been a long time coming, but I have FINALLY finished my Tetris dress, and here it is.
Here's the back (with iPhoto enhancement — the colors aren't really that bright):
Here's the bodice, so you can see the contrast facing (these colors are truer, too):
It's just in time, too, as I'm talking at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco today (about Wordnik, naturally!), and I hate giving a talk without a new dress. There's something about sewing that makes it easier to think out talks … by the way, the talk will be STREAMED LIVE (ulp) at 3 pm PDT, so if you want to hear me talk, tune in! (Warning: I am shorter in real life than I am on the blog.)
If you like this dress, would you do me a favor and tweet/Facebook/delicious the link around? I'm having a personal-best contest to see if this one shows up in more places than the Darth Vader dress!
UPDATED TO ADD: Thanks to Jenny at ChronicallyUncool, the Tetris fabric is now available at Spoonflower! Even better, Jenny's donating her percentage from the sale of this fabric to FIRST, a nonprofit that encourages kids to explore technology. (Two words: Lego contests!)
A Dress A Day 
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Hello Erin, I come with a question which many before me have already asked. Is it possible to buy this dress or could I convince you to make another one to send me (needless to say, the efforts will be paid for)? I couldn’t think of a better gift for my girlfriend’s birthday! Please contact me, pretty please, I will be waiting by my inbox (so to speak).
Thanks in advance for reading this!
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Three years late to the party, but I ***so*** covet this dress!!! If the fabric is still attainable on my paltry budget, how much would you charge to make me one? I’d sew it myself, if I knew how to work from a pattern, my antique (1967 warhorse that’s somehow broken ANYWAY, from just ONE broken NEEDLE!) sewing machine is dead, and being hit-and-run-over by a Mack dumptruck last year has rendered my hands utterly USELESS and mostly numb, which means I had to give up making very amateurish jewelry and simple little purses for my friends’ birfdays. I am a glorified conglomerate of clusterfucks, in other words, but the SECOND that I saw this dress on HappyPlace.com ( http://www.happyplace.com/15063/clothing-items-that-tell-the-world-youre-a-nerd-in-the-sexiest-way-possible ), I was IN LOVE with it!!! Love the shirtwaist-style simplicity/classically tasteful design/pattern, but the FABRIC was what slayed me. I haven’t been able to play Tetris since, oh, hell, ’95 or ’96, ’cause I didn’t have my own computer and was burning-up the keyboard at work in a four-way all-hours/multi-shift Tetris blood-feud with my boss, creative director/mentor, and the very-hyper 7-midnight guy @ my first radio station, which the corporate bastard sold out from under us on XMAS DAY, 1994, and I was one of 3 employees that they kept when they turned a ROCK station into nearly-automated SEVENTIES’ GOLD piece of crap. Sorry for the whole abridged life story, but I *do* terribly miss Tetris, I admire the hell out of your artistic gifts/craft-womanship in making this dress, and I *WANT* one! Please holler back at me if you still read comments on 3-year-old posts, k? Thanks!
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Hey, thanks for the nice comment! I don’t make these, but there is an Etsy seller who does: http://www.etsy.com/listing/104526034/be-the-star-of-the-block-party-in-this I hope this helps!
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Perfect dress for the occasion! Just love it. Show up those power suits! I wish I had known earlier – this alone might have made it worth attending…Does one need to be registered to see the live stream? I checked on the website, and it appeared that way.
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Fabulous. You are going to create such a stir at that summit! In addition to your words of wisdom of course. Dont worry everyone looks shorter on the web;-)Gaun yersel hen.AJ
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Wow! It came out great! :)I love the confidence and sense of whimsy that it exudes! Have fun!
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That is so cute. Great job!
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Oooh, that dress is so cool! Such a good pattern for a border fabric too. Love it!
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Oka, that just freakin rocks.
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This dress RULES. Ill put it in my link roundup tomorrow for sure!
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The dress would have been longer, but I cleared a few lines…Neat stuff.
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FABULOUS !
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I admire this dress…and your Vader dress…and your crossword dress…I love all of your dresses. I want to wear crazy, fun things like that. However, I am a chicken. The alphabet is about as crazy as I get. So, seeing someone else wearing an unexpected print on a lovely, fashionable dress is excellent!
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Sweet! Thanks for turning my custom designed dream fabric into a dress! Its great to see it being used as I dreamed it would be. My precious batch of Tetris fabric is still in my to-be-sewn pile. Seeing your finished dress makes me want to move it to the top of the list!Ill definitely post a link on Chronically Uncool!
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Facebookd!
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this came out great! So, when you talk in front of a crowd, do you imagine all of them in pinned pattern tissue?
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*sharp intake of breath*Oh, wow. I want some. Whered you get it? Spoonflower?
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Never mind, should have checked the previous tetris entry.
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This definitely combines two of my greatest loves – geekery and dresses! Consider yourself tweeted!
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Where can I get some of that fabric!!! I will twitter this later and mention it on my blog and forum
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awesome dress
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Happy to see someone else look and think Crossword. Definitely a kitschy dress – one of a kind!
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I dont twitter (tweet?) but I will link you on my facebook when I get home.the dress is fabulous…I have 3 dog dress and chicken dress…
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Erin, you are amazing. I am sending this link all over creation!
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Saw this on twitter this morning (western Australia) what a brilliant dress. Enjoy your day!
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found this link in my popular items menu in google reader. i posted this link on my favorite nerd message board. EVERYONE WILL LOVE IT!
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Erin, you are a genius.
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i think i might have to feature this on my blog! ill post it tommorow *wink* im totally in love with that amazing dress!!!!!!
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How much to buy??? 🙂
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What a lovely dress!
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I love your new dress.I also love your blog – Ive been reading it for a long time and always enjoy it!Good luck at your talk.barb
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pls put this up on etsy!!!!!!
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This dress is so fantastic!! Wow, I love it.
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Hey, I am from Germany and I want to ask you, if it is possible to buy this incredible dress. My girlfriend will love it. Can you contact me at derb@dragstripgirl.de?Seriously, that dress is fucking awesome.
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omg, this is SO COOL! I feature a novelty print dress on my blog daily and this is just perfect for that. Thank you for posting. I love stuff like this, and am so happy I found your blog. 😀
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WOW – its as if you crawled into my childhood memory bank and brought up a tiny piece of heaven. You have saved what was potentially a disasterous morning – I have duly tweeted! http://twitter.com/scurrilous_j
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Love love LOVE it! Great job!
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I want a dress like this, too. I love stunt dresses. Im working on one using circuit board print fabric for the women in technology luncheon to be held at the 2009 SQL Pass conference.
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beautiful dress! i saw it via flavorpills twitter feed…im sure you received many compliments! 🙂
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I love this. Your blog is one of the reasons I started sewing. It made me realize if I wanted a skirt covered in turtles and snails, I could have it!Tumblrd: http://isopod.tumblr.com/post/220976672/things-that-make-me-smile-erins-tetris-dress
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This is amazing!
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Love. It.
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I LOVE TETRIS! I spent many an hour playing that game…your dress is just WONDERFUL! (And Im jealous!).
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Fabulosity! Going onto my Facebook instantly. Greetings from Nairobi!
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All I can say is WOW!!!I love the contrast of the smart sophisticated cut of the dress pared with the whimsy of the Tetras game. IT is amazing and it looks like a ton of work went into it. BRAVO!Now i am off to tweet this!
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Possibly the coolest thing ever x
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LOVE the dress! Someone posted this link on Twitter. :)I would love to have something like that.
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possibly giles deacon
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How would I make this border-printed fabric into a circle skirt? Would it be better as a half-circle?
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I LOVE IT!id buy one
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Ive told everyone who follows me on twitter and tumblr Id wear this dress (if I was a woman).
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Minya, I dont think this would work as a circle skirt, since the pattern is so up-and-down. But you could print out circle skirt fabric at Spoonflower!
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