craftgrrl | My first sewing project. (Reply)

Wow, how happy this little dress thing made me.

I'm Nufar, from Israel. I’m a long time lurker, always reading and watching all those amazingly special things you all make. Time for a post of my own, at last!

You know what the problem is? I spend WAY too much time just reading about crafts, instead of making them. Now, to the actual post. Be warned: Horrible exhaustion= Much illiterate-ness and me babbling useless information.

I had the sudden urge to make a skirt today. I get that a lot, I just never make anything (yes, watching talented people is much better!)
And then, I had no fabric. It made me itch.
So I went down to the basement, and tried digging in my mother's cupboard in the hopes of finding some lovely fabric that was hiding from me before. None was found, but I took anything I could tolerate, anyway. I wanted to learn sewing!

I found this pretty ugly old vintage fabric, it's sheer and drapey. Then, I decided to actually be SPONTANEUS for a change *gaspshockfallsover* and just.... whipped this up! I never improvise, and that’s probably the reason I never make anything. Diving in headfirst is not something I do. And that’s bad.

THIS is my first ever project. Enjoy!

As I wrote above, the material is pretty sheer, so I tried wearing a dress beneath it. If I actually want to wear this, I'll have to lower the back and the front of the under-dress, and maybe remove he straps. =/

This is a bigger picture of the top part. It's drapey! The top ends are tied at the back.

Instead of closing the back and sewing the seams inside (Like I'm supposed to do) I wanted a tail sort of thing, and just made the extremely odd seam at the back. This proves to be a tiny problem, since the machine wasn't too fond of the fabric and kept bunching it up. The fabric rolls, though. Lucky me, it hides the seams and looks pretty nice.

See how it ties at the top? The back is a bit low, but I like the way it curves downwards.

I did not cut a single piece of this fabric. NOTHING. All was used. I'm thinking I might make the bottom diagonal, what do you think?

Too bad it's made out of this fabric. =( Ah, I think I'll just give it to a friend, or use it as a pattern.
The latter might prove to be quite difficult, though, as I have absolutely no idea HOW I made this. It just... happened. xp

And yes, it does make me squee. I am SO proud of this is my first project! ^^

please forgive the poor wording of this post. wording? Is that even the right word? I am extremely tired, and felt the urge to brag, regardless of results. Yes, I know I sound illiterate. No, I don't always sound like that. And I don't always babble so much. Only when extremely tired.