So while I haven't time to sew since we moved on Saturday, I have had a chance to wear a dress I made last week--and I felt so cute in it! I wasn't sure about the pattern, since the sleeve option was weird and the bust seam seemed a little out of place, but it turned out great! It's McCall's M6162, which I got for $1.99 at JoAnn's at a big sale recently.
See, weird sleeve. I might use it sometime for fun, but... eh. The pattern piece for it is actually just a rectangle on the straight grain! Anyway.
I made it up out of a heathered-sort of grey poly suiting that I also got at JoAnn's, for $1.50 or $2.00 a yard on a half off clearance sale. Here it is plain (forgive the bra straps; my photographer's not trained to notiec such things ;) ):
And here it is with a belt and cardi, how I wore it at work (I also wore black tights with a stripe woven in and cute black heeled "shooties").
Guess you can't really see my earrings, but that's all the jewelry I wore. Next time I wear it I'll accessorize totally differently--could wear a blazer over it, or maybe just a scarf at the neck, and of course there are many different belts I could add! I like to look different every day, and a dress isn't something as versatile as a skirt or top that you can easily pair with something different, so I want to be creative with it. Any suggestions are appreciated! How would you accessorize this dress?
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