Me and Auntie Em had
a play day! I had made a skirt (rectangle and elastic waist) from part of the
coffee coloured sari for the good fairy dress which I showed in a previous post.
I then sat there with bits of lace and fabric, pinning them on and
trying them out to see what looked good.
I really wasn’t satisfied and then had a moment of inspiration and sewed
a layer of tulle over the top of the sari.
It was one of those
grrrr moments when I realised the tulle was just a couple of inches short of
going round the skirt waist. I then set
to pinning all those bits of lace and fabric on again and it still wasn’t
working as I was now trying to cover up the gap. Then Auntie Em turned up complete with two
bags of lace and she did the same as me.
This went on for nearly two hours, pinning, tutting, unpinning. Then Auntie Em had her own moment of
inspiration and suggested turning the skirt and making a feature of the gap
instead of trying to hide it.
A lovely bit of lace
was soon sewn to the edges and we put some gold leaves and butterflies on. We left it there as we were going to measure
up our ‘Belle’ and didn’t sew any of the bits on, I don’t know if this is how
the end product will be or not but it was a fun afternoon! The top is just the sari end draped over the
dummy to give the finished effect as we don’t have the measurements to make the
top yet!
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