The worst, most crappy thing I’ve ever made!
A while back, I had a bit of a sewing disaster. I made Simplicity 1610 in some pink flamingo jersey, and you know how the ‘Big 4’ always seem to come up big? Well this turned out MASSIVE! It was possibly the most unflattering thing I have ever sewn for myself. I can hardly believe I am about to post this photo for you to see – but hopefully you can at least sympathise with me about how awful this dress looks – and laugh at my totally unimpressed face!
I think that look on my face says it all: EUGH!
To make matters worse, I accidentally cut the front bodice with the print UPSIDE DOWN. What a dick.
I took it in at the centre back, but it didn’t line up as nicely as before, and then I got seriously pissed off with it, and I felt a little bit destructive…so, I decided to chop the maxi skirt off – yes, waste all that fabric – to make it into a top instead. And this is what I ended up with.
Upside down flamingo alert!
And despite the fact that the flamingos are upside down on my boobs, and despite the fact that it doesn’t quite match up nicely at the back, I do kind of like it now.
The back…with its mismatched centre back seam where I hurriedly took it in!
Here’s what I did with the bit of maxi dress skirt I chopped off: I made it into a very simple skirt for Little Tweedie – just did a fold-over waistband with some elastic inside, serged the bottom edge, and hey presto, a new skirt!
It isn’t very often that I produce such an epic sewing fail, and perhaps I should have thrown this away and never spoken of it again. I actually can’t think of anything I have ever sewn that has turned out as shoddy! Even when I’ve made things that don’t fit, such as my Burda Ruby Shorts and my Burda 7798 top, they are at least made nicely!
I’ll admit that I’m not used to sewing crappy things, and this whole project makes me feel stupid. But even the first things I ever made were better than this and I suppose it doesn’t mean I’m crap at sewing just because I buggered this one dress up…does it?!
