Wednesday, June 01, 2011

Dress for less

Hi everyone! It was really fun to see all your contributions to the around the world in eighty dresses challenge. I'm more of a pants and occasional skirts wearer, so I took a dress apart instead:

bridesmaid's dress?

I think it was a bridesmaid's dress because the fabric looked and felt expensive but the cut was awful. (Speaking of which, has anyone else seen Bridesmaids?) I used the lining to sew the Madeleine Mini Bloomers (a free! pattern from Collette):

bloomer

They turned out supercute, but I will not post a picture of me in them because they are also very see-through and the internet is just not ready to see my ass. I recommend this pattern if you get your hands on some gaudy gauzy dresses. I'm planning on making a second pair from the outer fabric with hot pink ribbon ties. 

5 comments:

Jenni said...

The color of that dress is GORGEOUS! and oh.my.god. Those panties are adorable...
Jenni
eod

Unknown said...

Very saucy!
Eddie

The Creative Miss W said...

These are gorgeous! I have been meaning to try out that pattern for ages but never got around to it. I think i'll move it a bit higher up my list now.Well done!You could probably get a whole load of panties out of the bridesmaid dress!

Theo said...

Thanks everyone! Miss W - I thought so too, but the design actually uses a large amount of fabric (due to all the bunching) so I'll only be making two pairs, one from each layer.

Anonymous said...

How sweet are those! :) I'll have to check that pattern out!