Custom Wedding Dress & Kimono Upcycled Clothes | オーダーメイドウェディングドレス&着物ドレス
When I have some sewing idea, I get so jittery until I get it done. So, tada! I finished it. It was an easy & simple project. I cut the hem of the dress straight along with its lining, and added waist elastic to make the skirt.
I still think it is too much leopard for me. Maybe I should incorporate the leopard trend of this year in more subtle way, like jewelry and accessories and stuff.
Are you a leopard print fan??
Remember I wrote about thinking about entering the A-Plus, A-Line contest? Here is my variation! I bought this fabric for the contest 2 weeks ago, but I procrastinated so much. I worked on it about two hours for like three days. It felt like it took forever to make this skirt. Actually I am not even done yet…The lining hem is not done, and button hole in the back suspenders are not made. I worked on it till 12pm last night and passed out! I took these pictures early this morning so I can send them to BurdaStyle. I know, these are not the best pictures, but I didn’t have enough time…:(
Besides the fact that it is not completely done, I love how it turned out. When I designed this skirt, I wanted to incorporate three things. One, violet color (from Andy’s request), two, high waist, and three, suspenders. Suspender idea came from my little sister. She had a baggy pants with suspenders, and I really needed a little twist to a relatively boring A-line skirt. I was tempted to put a big bow in front, instead of matching buttons, but my sister stopped me. She says I use bow too much.
The back suspenders a criss crossed. I added two pockets on the side, and lined with black lining fabric. Wearing it with a limited white long-T and bandolino sandals and black tights.
To me, I don’t really care about the result of the contest. I am more interested in being almost forced (although I chose to enter it myself) to create a garment according to a set theme, by the deadline. I think by doing it, I come up with designs that I naturally don’t come up with.
Following yesterday’s vintage re-constructed dress, I went on to make this mini skirt with the left over fabric. I am happy that I got to use the entire dress!
I made it very simple, no pockets, it is mini, and has elastic shirred for the waist for easy fitting.
I paired it with limited white long-t (from Kaitlyn), diy vest/gilet, vintage belt, uniqlo tights and payless booties. I wish I still had my turquoise pumps, so it would match with my belt, but unfortunately, I gave those pairs away when I moved from Philadelphia to Japan two months ago.
I sew a great post at What I Wore about how to organize tights. I used to put all tights and socks mix together in a drawer, but her way of organizing tights made much more sense. It made it so much easier for me to pick my tights in the morning by hanging on a hanger like her!
Have a great Wednesday everyone!