I really wanted a skirt to wear with my blue velvet jacket.
I had some pink and gold fabric (which I had used for my jacket lining). Pink and gold- one of my favorite color combos.
I wanted to do a tiered skirt.
Everything seemed like it was going to be fine. I made the skirt yesterday (with some great techniques I've learned in my bridal class-- will be shown later).
I did my finally pressing this morning, and I ask Steve what he thinks....
.....long pause.....
"it looks like candy"
....pause.....
"maybe it's the 'two skirts' thing... the hemlines are weird"
"it looks like something a kid would wear"
.....
"it's fluffy"
and then the big one... THE HUGE ONE...
"it looks homemade."
That one got me. That's when I knew the skirt was no good. And looking at these pictures, I can totally see what he means. It does look homemade. And it's definitely fluffy.
I need more opinions. Please comment. Should it just be thrown in my fail suitcase?
This is me saying "wwwhhhhaaaatttt?" as Steve makes a face of.... disgust..? |
Could I have more of a hurt/defensive expression? |
please don't be offended, I like the shape of the skirt, but I think it's the fabric choices that throws this off a little, kind of like disney princess dress fabric, xoxo
ReplyDeleteOh, trust me. I'm Not offended. I totally get it! Mistakes are good things from which to learn, is all. Hopefully my next project will be better. That's what this blog is all about!
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of the skirt....
ReplyDeletemaybe if it was all one skirt with the band on bottom being gold, instead of 2 skirts. (does that make sense?)
I agree with Steve and the disney princess comment is spot on. Save it for Didneyland. Maybe a different fabric? ANd the pleats look funny to me.
ReplyDeleteIf you redid this skirt, I would suggest a lighter, maybe summer-weight cotton, fabric with two different prints. It could turn out really cute! But as is, it reads "bridesmaid" to me.
ReplyDeleteIf anything make the gold into a band at the bottom and sharpen the hem if you can. It's also a rather grey, sad looking pink, and a satin is very hard to pull off in general.
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