One Dress On Top of Another

 Hello Readers. Spring is here and I am so happy it is warm enough to wear dresses without freezing or wearing heavy tights. But some dresses are just too sheer. Or so light weight the blow around in the breeze and expose all your bits and pieces to the world. This happened to me once. #HauntedByTheMemories

 

Two is better than one? In this case yes!

 

These dresses fit well and I love navy. I also love stripes so both of these dresses were perfect for me. But I don't trust white clothes. They always feel see through to me. What if it rains? It's like an accidental wet t-shirt contest. No thank you! The navy dress was so cute but it was a very thin rayon that would blow in the spring breeze and I could flash everyone. Also, no thanks!

What if I wore them together layered on top of each other? The dark colored dress would keep the white dress from being see-through and the white dress would help keep the wind from blowing the skirt up. The only problem was that the white dress was just a little too long to go under the navy dress. It showed at the hem and it looked a little sloppy.

 

  I got my sharpest sewing scissors and cut  about an inch off and...

I gave it a new hem. I turned the edge under by 1/2 inch and stitched it down with a straight stitch on my sewing machine. I used the same color thread that the dress had originally so the new hem would look like it had always been there. The white dress was 1 1/2 inches shorter than before. That would keep it from peeking out at the hemline. If the navy dress had been a little longer, I wouldn't have done this. 

 

The 2 dresses together were not see through and would not be too light weight to stay down when the breeze picked up. I liked it better without the white dress peeking out of the bottom. It looks nice and neat now. 

I love the contrasting stripes showing at the neckline too. Stripes on stripes! Thanks for reading along, now go make something fun for yourself.

***Year End Update***- This is a fabulous summer dress. I have worn it 1001 times.

Two Too Sheer

 Hello Readers. I am loving the warmer weather and the lighter weight clothes of spring. It is so nice to wear less layers. But some of the spring/summer clothes I have in my sewing room are a little too light weight. This skirt was a hand-me-down (Thanks M.D.!) and I wanted to make it work.

 

A skirt on top of a dress? Why not?!?!

 

The white dress was a little too sheer by itself. The animal print skirt also seemed too sheer. I don't trust white clothes. A surprise spring rain and your clothes are see-through. This happened to my white shirt at a church picnic a long time ago.  #neveragain 

The pink skirt was a little big. I decided to take it in and shorten it so it would fit better.

There was a back seam in this skirt so I just took a little out from the back. I cut straight down the back of the skirt. 

I used my serger for the new back seam because it is much better with knits. 

I cut some length from the skirt. It felt a little too long on me and I waned it to be just a little longer than the white dress. 

I gave it a new hem and I was finished with the skirt. I think this will be a really comfortable outfit this spring.

 

  Thanks for reading along, now go make something fun for yourself. 

***Year End Update***- There has never been a more comfortable summer skirt. Love it.