So this is a dress I made a while back, around June I think. I used scraps from the Queer Fashion Show to fabricate the skirt of this dress. The skirt is made from strips of scrap fabric that I cut, then I sewed them together to form a really, really long rectangle. Then I gathered the fabric to form this full skirt, very reminiscent of the 50's. I think I just might be over my 50's obsession. I don't really make these anymore, thank goodness I finally outdid myself! I made so many dresses with the whole full-skirt-starting-at-the-waist thing. This one took a very long time, because I had to sew together the strips, and then press the seams flat.
This is a close-up of the skirt.
The side seam. I was obsessed with buttons and button loops, because personally I dislike the whole process of using zippers. Obviously I did not have enough buttons (I was using scraps and leftovers, and findings from my mom's sewing box and closet), and I had to use a fish button for the bottom because I ran out of white buttons. I like this improvisation! The fish ads to the tropical feel of the dress, if you can find the fish that is. Sometimes it gets buried in the gathers of the dress.
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