Skirt / Dress of Many Scraps

[mixymo]

Ahoy! There's something up ahead! Is it a..pile of rubbish?!
NO! It's a dress!

My new years resolution was to get rid of aaalll my scrap fabric. This idea had been playing around in my head for awhile, but finally I had an excuse to do something like it.

I present to you, my dress of many scraps!

Front



Back



Left side



Right side



Close up of front



Close up of left side



I started by cutting fabric into petal shapes, then ordered them by size. Then I sewed them to strips of cotton drill (that sounds SO much simpler than how it really was), and sewed those strips together. Talk about hard work! Then I sewed the whole skirt part to a top I bought.

And after this challenge, I think I'm going to take a big break from cutting fabric. Man. I have sores from using scissors! But I did use up almost all of my scraps of fabric, and now have room for more! Hooray!
Hope you guys like it =) I enjoyed making it!

Edited to add: I like the ideas people are coming up with for their own projects! Make sure you post them!

[Comtessa]

This is totally cool! you have the patience of a saint to do that!

[CohesiveChaos]

I think this is beautiful, I took photos of a similar dress in a shop a few years back, but I like that yours uses so many different fabrics and colors, and it's such a beautiful use of what could have been considered disposable. Bravo!

[violentlyknits]

wow! that's insanely amazing! wow!

[ScrappySue]

I am seriously impressed, wow!
great stuff
S

[hello vera]

Beautiful!

[FruityLoops]

Beaaaaautiful, I'm totally gonna have to start holding onto scraps I think cos that skirt is gorgeous!  Fantastic job

[PegasusMarsters]

That's gorgeous! I'm so impressed. I like... want one. omg! *hitting this rocks*

[twylag]

omg that is so toally awesome.  I can picture it in shades of green and brown making this uber-cool cloak for being out in the woods ... I am definitely putting htis on my inspiration/to-try list

[HSG]

Holy macaroni! This is incredible, and your design is only matched by the patience it took to cut all those pieces!