Remember this UFO? Well, it’s a UFO no more!
The colours in the skirt are closer to the first pic. Low light and my camera settings seems to have coloured everything a little blue. But wait, Andie, the top one was a dress and this is a skirt, what genius is this?
I can’t take credit for the idea. It’s from Erin at Miss Crayola Creepy. Erin started off with a dress and then decided to chop it into a skirt. You can read more about it by clicking through to her blog.
This started as McCall’s 6504, but didn’t work out. I graded the pattern up, but there was already so much ease in the pattern that it ended up being very large. Then I tried to fix that, but nothing was working out. Too many pattern pieces meant one side would work and then the other would go wonky and fix the one and then the other one goes wonky. I started the dress in May and finished it in August after Erin’s post. Took me one night to chop it into a skirt and add a zip. Would have taken less time if it weren’t for having to sew the waistband twice. I find waistbands really troublesome to sew especially with so many layers of fabric and different types of fabric. The sewing is still not entirely straight, but I am done fiddling with it. I love the skirt. It’s ultimately another circle skirt and very similar to the Pavlova, but there is a lapped zip on the side with two hooks in the waistband to keep it closed. It’s really wrinkled in these pics after a day at work.
Action shots. Circle skirts are for twirling! You can see the shorts I wear under all my dresses. Scandalous!
The other item I am going to share with you is still considered a UFO:
It’s a Parisian Top hacked into a cardigan. I got the idea from A Lemon Squeezy Home’s Project Sewn Leading Lady Challenge. I know it looks lovely and complete in that photo, but I finished it shortly after my last entry in August and haven’t worn it since and didn’t want to blog about it. I don’t like how it looks on me. Hence, the pic of it on my living room carpet. I’m determined to make it wearable. First off, it needs to be shorter. All of my dresses and skirts are high-waisted and this hits me on my hips. Second, the buttons gape. I can’t make a new button band, but I can add more buttons. Other than that, it’s okay. The neckline doesn’t quite work with any of my tops or dresses, but I will figure something out for that. It’s completely made of remnants from my stash. So yeay for that!
I would make it again with the alterations mentioned and a better fabric. A ponte knit would work really well on this.
I haven’t sewed a lot lately other than that. I did an upcycle for a friend for a costume and it was featured in the Mary Sue for uncommon Fan Expo costumes as #18:
The white underdress was upcycled from two nightgowns and the purple vest from a robe. The three fabrics are all manner of material: poly blend, silk, and satin. All incredible frustrating to deal with, but looked good in the end. The white poly blend ran and I had to patch a part of it. Made me almost tear out my own hair! I made the shoulder pads with the same yellow silk from the bottom of the white dress, felts for stuffing, and foam core board. I put it together with hot glue and then attached them with velcro so that the top could be washed.
It was my first paid gig!
In other news, some funny pics of my cat in a cone to stop her from scratching:
Speaking of cats, have you checked out Miss Crayola Creepy’s October Cat Lady Sewing Challenge?
Oh yes, I will be taking part!
I am basically a crazy cat lady, but I am just crazy for my crazy cat. Isn’t that crazy?
Phew, long post. This is what happens when I procrastinate on taking pictures and blogging. Ooops!
Andie Wells Studio 
Oh dear, poor kitty, but I have to admit it made me laugh! Shame on me! I love cats but not sure I’d wear them. Well done on finishing the UFO, your skirt swirls wonderfully and that costume is weirdly amazing! xx
Thanks! The costume was entirely the guy’s idea. I just made it reality. 🙂 Don’t feel bad about laughing at my cat. Oh I laughed during the entire ordeal. She kept bumping into things with the cone and then staring at the thing she bumped into trying to figure out why it happened! It was hilarious.