~tangerine nightmare skirt~

August 6, 2010.Reading time 1 minute.

I finished the refashioning (can your refashion something when it is only 2 days old?) of my tangerine dream skirt last weekend, but it has been raining all week so haven’t had the chance to photograph it. Today however it was fine enough to venture outdoors: Now that I’ve let it out at the waist […]

~tangerine dream skirt regress~

July 30, 2010.Reading time 1 minute.

Thanks for all your encouraging comments about my Tangerine Dream Skirt! I went back and checked the pattern, and found the pocket yoke does not fit the front properly (naughty Burda!) and this is what is causing the pocket to gape. Luckily I have enough fabric to recut the yokes so I can enlarge the waist, and maybe […]

~tangerine dream skirt~

July 28, 2010.Reading time 4 minutes.

tangerine n. – a widely cultivated variety of mandarin orange the same colour as my new skirt!dream n. – a fanciful vision of the conscious mind that I can still wear skirts above my knees! Do I look happy with my new skirt?Nope! I thought this fabric would make up nicely in a tulip skirt – so I used Burdastyle #114 […]