This is an outfit I made during a sewing retreat for an online board that I frequent. In the past I have gotten to meet ladies that I conversed with in online forums. It doesn’t really bother me that I was going to meet a group of “strangers”, as I had already been getting to know them for several years. I have “spoken” to them more often that some of my local friends!
We had a great time and I got to finally make this outfit. I didn’t buy these fabrics together, and my daughter declared, “They don’t really match!”. I think it works, though. The skirt is my often made pencil skirt out of a really nice weighted fabric with some lycra in it. It has a satin feel to it. The chiffon shirt is meant to sort of look like this one from CAbi. I didn’t have a picture to look at when I was making it, so I went from memory. I should have made it a bit wider, but oh well. It still fits and looks nice.
Skirt and blouse – Made by Me
Tank – Von Maur
Necklace – LOFT
Shoes – Target
Hair – This was wet from the shower. I pull it into a french twist with the hair coming out of the top. I put some pins in the twist and then I braided the hair coming out of the top. I curled the braid into a bun and pinned in place.
I like how the top and skirt go well together without being too matchy matchy. Well done!