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Monday, January 18, 2010

My first dress

When I saw this tutorial at My Mama Made It, I knew I had to try my hand--finally--at clothes making. I've been swooning over a grey-black-and yellow home decor print at JoAnn for months, but I never knew what to use it for. This tutorial was a dream come true!
I started with a plain grey t-shirt that had been hanging, unworn, in my closet since I got it last spring. I added a ruffle around the neckline and cut it at my natural waistline, just as instructed in the tutorial. Then it was time for the skirt part.
This is where I started making mistakes. And I made a lot.
Do you want to hear the stupidest one?
Ok. But don't laugh at me.
I measuring around my natural wasit and cut out the appropriate length of fabric, neglecting to realize that my natural waist is a good 6 inches narrower than my--to put it nicely--child-bearing hips.
So I added a strip of leftover fabric to make it wide enough.
Now, I thought I was smart enough to do an elastic waistband instead of a drawstring like on the tutorial. I didn't want a drawstring poking out, and the tutorial doesn't really explain where the drawstring is or what you do with it when you are wearing it--is it just a bow on your hip? Is it hidden somewhere?
But guess what? The elastic drawstring didn't work.
So when I put it on it was the most shapeless potato sack I have ever worn.
Luckily, the original grey t-shirt came with a matching scarf, and when I tied that around my waist, the dress actually looked ok. So just don't look too closely and don't make me untie my sash.


7 comments:

Candice said...

WOW, I am so impressed that you were able to make a dress!!!!! And, it looks great!!!!

PS- Can you promise me that when I have two kids, I'll look as good as you? :-)

Jen said...

good job, Kate. It's darling.

staceykt22 said...

FABULOUS!!

Rachel said...

Kate that's adorable! Teach me!

Margaret said...

So cute! You are so talented!!

Rachel said...

It looks good Kate! Awesome job!

Laura said...

YOU are a genius!
Hi I'm Laura. I've been stalking your blog for a while now-LOVE it!!!!!

Here's mine- http://blissedoutbaby.blogspot.com/

Happy Sewing! Can't wait to see what you come up with next.