This is my first post with pictures here on craftster, so bear with me.
My friend invited me to her winter formal at school a couple years ago. It was supposed to be before Christmas, so I told her I would make her dress as her gift. I was minding my own business at work one day and happened to notice this gorgeous flocked polyester shower curtain that I thought would make an amazing dress. I had also been wanting to make this cocktail dress from McCall's pattern #5382 (
http://mccallpattern.mccall.com/m5382-products-8750.php?page_id=109 ) and thought the two would make a great combination.
So, the next step was convincing my friend, who isn't in love with fashion as much as I am, to put the two together and wear this
kind of risky dress. It worked! The formal turned out to be postponed until January so it gave me more time to put the finishing touches on the dress.
Here is the final product:
She was a little nervous that the dress wouldn't stay on her if it was strapless, so I found some inch-wide velvet ribbon that matched PERFECTLY for straps. In the picture, she is on the far left, I am on the far right. I bought my dress.
I loved the bodice of this dress and thought it looked great on her!
Here is better shot of the dress as a whole.
AND, I had so much extra fabric (I actually bought two shower curtains) that a year later, I decided to make myself a skirt to go to the same friend's graduation. I used Simplicity #2512 (
http://www.simplicity.com/p-3066-misses-skirts.aspx ) and loved how it turned out. I only wish I made it a size smaller because I wanted it to fit higher up on my waist.
Here it is:
P.S. I also made her dress, but it's under her robe.
And another.
I hope you enjoy.
I welcome any comments or criticism!
