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For weeks I have been dreaming of a tulle skirt. I kept seeing them everywhere and was quite annoyed with myself for letting the many layers of tulle stop me from having one. BUT, I had to have one of those skirts. They are absolutely geor- G- ous! I've seen them on almost every page of any woman's magazine. The celebrities have been wearing them for a while,,, did I miss the memo? I think I did.
Color was an open option for me, but all the time that I had thought about this skirt, I had my color already sealed in stone. I wanted green because it was coming up to St. Patrick's Day. I haven't been out partying on St. Patti's Day in years, but I thought about today being the perfect day to wear my tulle skirt. However, the weather is not allowing me much opportunity to wear anything other than a coat. Here's a picture of the first 30 seconds of the picture taking for my skirt. (LOL)
I was going to try to be Tyra Banks and "Smize" my way through, but the weather was not working for me. I am not a cold weather girl. So, since outside was a no go for me, I had to improvise. Let's see what came up.
Ok, I've gotten the torture part over,,, here's a look at the outfit on Sarah. The patterns that I used were Burda 7143 for the skirt and Simplicity 2364 View F for the top.
This was an enjoyable project for me. I was excited from the moment I began. For the top I used a single knit in the back and for the lining. The from is a textured knit. I used the textured knit because I only had 1 yard of single knit and did not feel up to running out to get anything else. Once I saw the combination together, I decided,,,Kool and went with it.
I ended up adding extra fabric to the lining because it was not long enough to completely cover my bust area, so the whole top is lined. I doubled the sleeve because I wanted to blend the single and textured knit together in order to make the front and the back make sense (or at least that's how I could see it). I went by the pattern for the skirt. I just added tulle, 4 extra inches from the original View B and lined it with lightweight taffeta. It swishes when I walk. That's a sound that some people like and others don't, but I felt that it was a necessary evil for this skirt.
Thank you for joining me today, I hope you have a happy St. Patrick's Day.
Lots of Love
Dellia
For weeks I have been dreaming of a tulle skirt. I kept seeing them everywhere and was quite annoyed with myself for letting the many layers of tulle stop me from having one. BUT, I had to have one of those skirts. They are absolutely geor- G- ous! I've seen them on almost every page of any woman's magazine. The celebrities have been wearing them for a while,,, did I miss the memo? I think I did.
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I ended up adding extra fabric to the lining because it was not long enough to completely cover my bust area, so the whole top is lined. I doubled the sleeve because I wanted to blend the single and textured knit together in order to make the front and the back make sense (or at least that's how I could see it). I went by the pattern for the skirt. I just added tulle, 4 extra inches from the original View B and lined it with lightweight taffeta. It swishes when I walk. That's a sound that some people like and others don't, but I felt that it was a necessary evil for this skirt.
Thank you for joining me today, I hope you have a happy St. Patrick's Day.
Lots of Love
Dellia
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