skirt

pattern: $0.75 from Value Village, view 2


skirt: fabric $3.00 from Value Village, purple wool


I am not very happy with how the skirt came out. I was going for the high-wasted skirt look, but the skirt wasn't quite high wasted enough, and the wool seemed too bulky in the waste. The fit isn't great. I used a French seam, like I learned how to make for the petticoat. However, because the seam was finished nicely before I had a change to check the fit, I wasn't able to edit the side seams at all. The original pattern had pleats in the front and darts in the back. I had to change the pleats in the front to darts so that the waste would fit (the pleats made it too small). But the skirt gaps out right around the mid-thigh in an unattractive way...

Attempt at contra dance number 2

Pattern: $0.75 Value Village


Dress: Fabric $7.99 Value Village


The pictures of the dress aren't great. I added some inserts to the skirt to try to make it fuller. Turns out that was hard for me to do, and they don't look so hot up close.

my first attempt at a contra dance

(I took pictures of all of these on the same day, so sorry for lack of creativity in the background). I'm not crazy about how this turned out, so much so that I never hemmed it. But I did wear it to a contra dance recently and got lots of compliments!

Here is the pattern: free from mom


And the dress: Fabric free from mom