Experiment with Silk

It's been a really long time since I made a project from scratch so I figured it was about time. One of the easiest things to make, in my opinion, is a dress. I've been looking through Etsy for ideas and finally set my eyes upon these dresses from MyLolaFashion. I had several fabrics to choose from and took a poll from my friends.



Fabric #1 was the winner. And so, the fun begins!

Maybe I'm a Prude...

...but I find a lot of dresses to be too short for my taste. Or are they just really long shirts? I really don't know, but I have this banded bottom shirt/dress/THING just hanging in my closet.

As many know, it's supposed to be worn like this…

Found here

…which I don't find it very flattering on my figure. Every time I've worn this, I hid the band to make it look like a loose shirt, but it rode up and constantly pulling at my clothes gets annoying fast. Since I like the neckline and how the fabric flows, I decided to remove, loosen and then reattach the entire band.

I cut the band in half and then shortened them to fit the bottom of the shirt. I've successfully replaced the ambiguous article of clothing into a definitive shirt!