Sometimes I see stuff on Pinterest and I re-pin and sigh, "someday." Other times I pin something and immediately shut my computer and head to the fabric/craft store. This dress (pinned here and original source/tutorial here) was one of the latter.
But the result was somehow hilarious and I was wildly entertained on Sunday afternoon as I sewed, tried on and tried to take pictures of this dress. Problem #1 is that I used the wrong fabric. I ended up with a polyester blend that I think is a little too thick and absolutely too static-y. If I did this again, I would look for a better quality fabric than my $3/yard score.
Problem #2 was during the first try-on, I looked like a melting statue of liberty. No joke, I thought to myself, "at least I have my next Halloween costume." Problem #3 was that before I cut the neck v a bit deeper it looked exactly like I was wearing Paul's scrubs.
How did I miss that this color was the exact color of the statue of liberty and scrubs until I was wearing it?
But a bit of re-trimming, a belt and a gray cardigan ("put a cardigan on it" is the new "put a bird on it.") helped pull it all together. Although even then, I still had to figure out how to photograph it so I could blog about it and it could count for my 26 projects. (Reason #865 why I am excited to have Paul home is to get my reluctant photographer back.)
Anyway. The photos above are the best I could get. YES, those are the best. Out of I don't want to tell you how many. But the one below is my favorite. Out of focus and awkward, of course, but I was laughing when I took it and I smile when I see it.
And so, long story, long, another project complete! As mentioned, if I did this again (and I probably will) I would use legit jersey fabric and probably not "ode-to-lady-libery-teal". I followed the tutorial exactly, except I cut my fabric down a bit so instead of it being 30" wide when I sewed it was about 26 inches.
This is project 22 of 26.
I am attempting to tackle 26 personal craft projects before I turn 27 on 02.22.12. You can follow my progress here on the blog or on pinterest.
See project 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 & 21.
