Much better luck.
Thank goodness Friday’s project went so much better than that lovely post o’ yesterday.
This skirt was totally cheating, but I fell in love with the fabric (which looks not dissimilar to my knitting chair!) and decided it would have to be made to work.
Instead of starting from scratch, this is just a reconstruction. What’s a skirt now was a little girl’s dress. As it had an empire waist and a full skirt, there was plenty of fabric from an age ten dress to make a grown-up sized skirt. It was just a case of chopping off the top of the dress (which I will not be surprised to see later this week as an alice band and something flowery, inspired by these, perhaps), hemming the waist and adding a zipper. It even has a little sash that ties in the back.
There’s tons out there on reconstruction, which can be way more involved than cutting the top off a dress, if you want. Try Craftster, Get Crafty or T-Shirt Surgery for a start, though google will bring you much if you want to look for something specific, like t-shirts or skirts.
Oh, hello weekend! I’ve missed you so.
xlovesx
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