Several months ago I offered to refashion some clothes for a friend's seven-year old daughter. She gave me a velvet skirt and a slightly-shrunken cashmere sweater, and I said, "No problem."
After I washed the sweater, and saw that one elbow was stained with what appeared to be soy sauce, and that moths had gnawed about the sleeves, my enthusiasm waned. As is typical of me, I then shoved it all in a sack, in a drawer and forgot all about it.
I guess the perennial back-to-school, new-dress urge hit me today because I finally dug it out and decided to do something with it.
First, I darned moth holes and hand-sewed patches over the elbows to hide stains and holes.
I cut off the bottom of the sweater at the center of the waist shaping, and the top of the skirt where it was just a bit bigger than the sweater waist. With the side seams matched up, I sewed them together with a stretch stitch easing the skirt to fit the top.A rather simple flower made of more green fabric with a blue blue button center sewn on with bright orange thread adds a little fun to the front and ties the elbow patches in.
So, here is the dress.
(More details and photos at: analog me)
I hope she likes it.
