If I thought yesterday was bad I had seen nothing yet. Almighty has arranged a catastrophe for today.

…& worst of all a skirt that’s puffy in all the wrong places for my not-quite-petite-but-still-too-short frame.
That’s after I courageously attempted fabric painting free hand & lovingly added hand embroidery to the said damn skirt!
And I thought I was being so clever! Sigh, never ever tempt Fate.
I suppose it doesn’t look too bad on the dress form. But all that swish sure makes one feel wide. (And actaully the dress form’s me + heels I can’t walk in.)

This was the original plan for the tafeta, acquired…

Plan A – CdG top S/S ’88
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…well, if the inspiration was that ancient, so must be the fabric. (I actually have lovely silk chiffons that the moths have gotten to first.)
So anyway, I went for Plan B instead as Plan A with its butterfly wings isn’t practical in damp squib Blighty. And Plan B is…
Which probably used to look something like this:
It was a vintage German drindl skirt, which I got at Canal Jeans
(remember them anyone? SoHo has so gone down hill. Bloody Bloomingdale! How uncool!)
Anyway, with no cleavage to boast I dropped the wench look for this…
…and got so much more mileage out of the skirt that I thought I’d try it again. Perpetual sewing novice that I am I hadn’t factor in the difference in drape. Doh!
Will just have to make the best of it (with minimum effort – I’m not loving tafeta no more) and hope to get more than one wear out of this Heidi Take 2 skirt.










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