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| Old dress - just too much burgundy...... |
In my last post, I had started to re-model the dress above into an a-line skirt. I sliced the bodice off, unpicked the waistband, cut a new waistband from the sleeves, and used the pattern below for some snazzy new pockets:
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| Pattern detail |
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And here's the finished product:
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| One of the pockets up close |
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It has a sort of 1970's secretary feel to it, like Jane Fonda in '9-to5' (love that movie!).
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| Jane (right) looking uncannily like the model on the pattern |
It also reminds me of something
Emma Pilsbury from 'Glee' would wear. That's why I teamed it with the pussycat bow blouse and wore it to 'Glee Live' on Thursday:
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| Kurt, Mercedes, Tina, and Lauren get GaGa in London |
I had a thoroughly good time, and I don't care who knows it!
