Amelia's Lace Skirt

After finishing my jumper project and seeing that a lot of other people were working with lace, I decided to give it a go myself. Another girl in the class brought in a couple of her ma's lace table cloths and I thought I'd see what I could do with them.
I found a skirt at home that I'd bought at the start of the year, that had been a little bit short for my liking so I brought it in to see what I could do.

I started by cutting the centre out of the table cloth, leaving only the border, i then cut one of the corners so that it could be turned into a linear piece of material. I then took my skirt and pinned the lace upside down around the bottom hem- this allowed for a seamless look when I finished sewing.

After sewing the lace to the hem, I hand stitched (terribly) the ends of the lace together and voila! I was done in just two lessons. Now, rather than a scantily short cotton skirt I have a knee length, maroon and white, cotton and lace skirt- perfect to wear out, without having to worry about constantly pulling it back down at the back.

-Amelia

Lace dress

In my original design I was going to make a whole new three quarter length top to go undreneath the dress. To save time I decided to change the idea and turn the back into lace and put a small bit in the front.

Reverse Applique

Along the way in our recycling journey we will be learning some techniques to improve our up-cycling skills. For our first technique some of us have been exploring the process of reverse applique. 

Here we take two panels from different coloured t-shirts, create a design on the top panel then cut it out. The second panel is then layered underneath and hand sewn together with small visible stitches.

The final product is a lovely soft and flexible panel that can be turned into or incorporated into another garment.

Pretty cool huh :)

Plain to Fancy

My plan is to turn this plain dress into something more fancy that I can wear for special occasions.

I'm getting a lace material to attach to the top of the dress and waist band to spice things up a little.