Hello Readers. I thought this dress was such a pretty dress for spring. The blue, the flowers, it was all great. But...
It was too small! It was too tight! I couldn't zip it. When I had someone else help me zip it, I couldn't breathe! I don't know about you but breathing isn't optional for me. This dress wasn't going to work.
Help me!
I decided to remove the top and make a new waistband. It should have been so simple, but it was one disaster after another.
I tried to keep the zipper but accidentally cut it. I decided to use just the bottom of the skirt, below the zipper and add and elastic waistband. I started having trouble with my sewing machine. Why were my stitches so loose? Why won't my tension dial do anything to fix this? Why did I break 4 needles on this simple knit fabric? Why, why, why?
I fought with my sewing machine and made an elastic waistband. I liked this skirt but I will have to go over the sewing I did a second time when my machine comes back from the repair shop.
Thanks for reading along, now go make something fun for yourself.
4 comments:
You made this dress made into a really classy skirt, after all the aggro. I hope you get your sewing machine back soon. I keep my old Brother CS-6000i around in case my fancy new Baby Lock Soprano malfunctions. Don't want to be without, when inspiration strikes!
Thanks for the comment KD! It only took 3 days and my machine is back.
Happy sewing!
Colleen
From a $2 dress I bought a couple of weeks ago, I am now planning to make The Gardenia Skirt from Moodsewcity free patterns. Instead of your problem, mine had a bodice that was too big. Once I unstitched the bodice, I decided the dress would look better as a skirt, especially after I saw a blue polk-a-dot version of a similar skirt on Pinterest. While your dress was super cute (but small), you were able to transform it into a nicely fitting skirt. I especially like how you accessorized it with a jeans jacket!
Thanks for the comment. With spring coming you will get a lot of wear out of that skirt.
Happy sewing to you!
Chickie
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