Week 2

blouse: Burdastyle Leg-of-Mutton Knit Top
skirt: $7 @ local consignment shop
brown fishnets: Target
pumps: ebayed, maxstudio

This skirt brings out the strongest emotions in people. They either think it's the most fabulous thing or that it's dreadfully tacky. There is no brand name, only fabric contents (100% cotton trim 100% silk) and the rather cryptic "made in India." I often think of the poor Indian woman/man/child forced to do these appliqués, I image it was not much fun. I once dated a guy who asked me to sew denim patches onto his jeans--mind you he wanted them to totally cover his jeans from waist to toe. Apparently his mother had performed such a task in the past...there really is nothing like a mother's love I think because sewing patches on those pants was really the most awful experience I've ever had putting needle to cloth. Pinning the patches in place (and pinning my hand repeatedly), jamming my machine, struggling to sew patches on halfway up the leg and other difficult locations---this I why I abruptly lost interest in doing appliqué.

Week 1

Shirt: Burda WOF "artist top"
Skirt: Burdastyle Sedonie Variation 1
Shoes: Mudd

I absolutely adore these shoes and still can't believe they came from Kohls. More details of the shirt below:

It's made from navy and white striped cotton with matching anchor buttons. I finished the inside with french seams (serged wrong sides together then flipped and sewn right sides together so that the seams are enclosed). I have an irrational fear of sewing plackets, so I tried to be clever and use David Page Coffin's method for one-piece plackets. He insists that plackets are easy, it's just a matter of folding fabric. And I'm sure that is the case...when you measure correctly, but it just so happens that I did not. From now on: measure twice cut once. Since my placket was only short width-wise I was able to cut the other side from my fabric scraps.