Dracula's Cakes

Happy winter ILD!

Blouse: metamorphose temps de fille

Parasol: baby the stars shine bright

Shoes: midas

Bag: off brand (bought from Dangerfield)

In 2017 I bought Alice and the pirates' "merry making in the ghost town" jsk. I bought it on a whim without checking measurements, and despite being the thinnest I have ever been at the time, I could not zip it up. I wore it once (with a cardigan hiding the open back) before selling it.

I knew I could alter it, but I did not have the sewing skills at the time.

A few months ago, I decided I really needed it again. I started shopping around, but it was slim pickings. I didn't want to settle for a colour I didn't prefer when the prices of second hand aatp are so high right now.

The skirt version in my preferred colour showed up on closet child and I jumped on the opportunity. It was perfect! Not a cheap price, but cheaper than the jsks I was looking at.

I gathered materials to alter this skirt while I finished the project I had been working on when the skirt arrived. And then I got started!

I took the skirt apart stitch by stitch, removed the original shirring panel, splitting it in two, to fill and extend the side seams. I made a new shirring panel from matching (solid colour) fabric. I also made a side bustle, mimicking the design of the jsk I previously had. This bustle added volume to the skirt, which naturally has to be increased when the size is increased.

When sewing everything back together, I added a pocket into the zipper seam as a cherry on top, and it was done!