I know I'm not crazy for picking up this little number. It's hard to see in the photo, but the top portion of this rather ill-fitting dress is houndstooth, my
new favorite. (Hold your hats, I've got two more houndstoothy refashions in the works.)
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| Wow, linebacker much? |
How to rid myself of football shoulder ignominy?
Of course the sleeves were the first to go on this.
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| Pin around the rosy (sleeve), pockets full of posies (not on this one) |
A quick zip of those through the machine, and it was sleeveless! It had a zipper up the back, and I decided to get crazy and v-back it.
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| Pin and sew |
I decided not to stop there though, and this is where I might have gone off on the crazy train for most of you. But I figure, what's the fun in doing the same thing over and over without a little experimentation? One always learns from failures anyway. So... I decided to get a little chain action into my new v-back.
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Chain'em on, v'em up,
v'em up, clasp 'em out,
Chain'em on, clasp'em out Rawhide! |
Pardon my
Blues Brothers lapse there. That
song is probably one of my favorite parts of that movie. I hacked off the bottom of the dress to make this a top, finished the edges and this is what I got.
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| Pardon the back view. Necessary in this case. |
I'm sorry the chain detail is difficult to see, but it's keeping that v-back together! Here is the front view. Paired with some black pants, I was ready for work! I actually wore a lavender cardigan over this so my students didn't get a glance at my back tattoo. These pictures are pre-PGTips so forgive my sleepy eyes.
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| My modeling leaves much to be desired |
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