Apologies for the lack
of photos in this blog post, I seem to get too carried away with sewing and
forget the take photos and take notes on what i’m doing so this is going to be
a very short post..
I’ve had this checked dress for a fair few years now which I
picked up at a £10 per kilo fair which was held at Leeds University.
It has never fit me and it never will, I just
bought it because I liked the colours, thinking and hoping one day I might
recycle it and make something new from it.
Well that day had arrived.... this dress is a size 10 and
i’m a size 14 so a lot of work has to be done if I was going to make it
fit.
Firstly I unpicked every single
piece, pressed them laid them out on the floor.
I got my 2 block skirt pattern (which I used for my 30 minute skirt)
I started laying pieces on
the pattern. A bit of trimming of fabric and we were set to start sewing, it
didn’t take long to get all the panels together.
I dug out a silver zip (which was meant to replace one on some old jeans) I think it gives
the skirt a grungy rock look; I just need a black leather jacket! Some very quick and impatient hemming as I
wanted to get it finished and there we have it another skirt whipped up.
The final skirt
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