I've been going a bit mad recently with 50's style fashion. I've been doing rock and roll dancing for years now, and I'm glad I fell into a hobby that has an aesthetic that actually suits me! So I've become rather addicted to sites like Modcloth, and I'm spending rather more money than I'd planned to.
However, I'm now trying to save money to travel overseas for an academic conference later this year (if I can successfully submit a paper to it *fingers crossed*), so I'm completely reigning in my spending.
The solution to my addiction? Make my own dresses, of course! =^___^=
I've got a few patterns kicking around for dresses, but I'm going to alter the skirt patterns to make full-circle skirts because they flare nicely when I dance. I'll be posting updates of my dresses as I go along.
My first project of the year will, therefore, be the modification of a dress I bought a few years ago and never wore. As you can see, the skirt didn't suit me at all, but the top fitted quite nicely. Faced with the option of donating it and wasting my money, or altering it, I opted for the latter (because when you've been a student for as long as I have, the idea of throwing money away is unthinkable, even though I always donate my old clothing to charity shops).
So, first things first, I sat down and carefully unpicked the skirt from the bodice. I was very pleased to discover that the bodice was lined in such a way that it was extremely easy to remove the skirt. So, now I have a completely finished bodice, and all I need to do is to make the skirt and sew it in!
As you can see from my little drawing, I plan to make the skirt from blue satin. I'm planning to sew a gross grain ribbon around the joining seam to break up the colours.
I'll take a better photo of my plans, and the rest of the materials, as I go along. I'm certain that this project won't take too long, since the hard part (the bodice) is already made and ready to go!
It's always so exciting when you can sink your teeth into craft projects. ^_^
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