Little Sister Dress and Dancing Skirt

I made the decision!! I added the lace. I did hear the comments from those who did not care for it. I also appreciated the comments from those who liked it. I just hope that in person the lace is a plus rather than a minus. I quickly changed patterns and went to work on the little sister dress!

I’ll get some better photos when the weather permits outside picture taking again. For now it is nothing but snow.

Over the holiday I answered a quick plea to make a wonderful dancer a skirt for her final year of college. She had seen a skirt on her dressmakers website that inspired her to have a new one made for herself. It was Ann Donahue’s site, and since she no longer makes dresses, she put out a call for another dressmaker to take up the task. I responded because I also happen to love the skirt in question!
If you want to see the original, it is on Taoknitters site and is the Teal and Purple skirt that goes underneath the Teal and Purple Tunic dress.
Since the dancer will not be getting a full dress, we will need to modify the skirt just a bit to make it wearable with a leotard or other type of bodice. I’ve come up with a plan really based on some of the other skirts that Ann has made to go with her Tunic dresses. Here are some of the fabrics that will be used in the skirt.

The first photo shows some Black Sparkle Organza, Gold Crinkle Satin, and a very unusual Gold and Black lace type fabric. Here is a better shot of that.

The dancer requested something in a lace that was not flowers, but more unusual or asymmetrical. The colors don’t all show up great in the photo, but they will look very nice together. I went with the black organza after realizing how heavy the skirt would be if I used a satin as the very bottom layer. Plus it will add a very nice shimmer to the skirt which was one of the very appealing aspects of the original. Construction has begun, and I’ll keep the blog updated as it comes along.