DAte night going Old school

Anyone who knew me when I was a freshman knows that mismatching was a specialty of mine. I was tired of being known by how I looked. Or being judged strictly by what was on the outside. Really I was still hiding behind clothes. Now I embrace my body as a billboard for who I am, because I actually know who I am now. So this is my grown up version of who I wish I was then.

I love the wonderfully summery colors and the mix of stripes with floral.

I whipped it up real quick, and think I may add more embellishment to the shoulder when I have more time.

 Sorry the pictures aren't wonderful, YAy for one day outfits!!

The skirt was made with a simple pillow case, and some stolen elastic from an old pair of pajama bottoms!

Follow this simple RufflesandStuff Tutorial.

For the shirt I didn't have a pattern so I had to draw it by hand {hard}

I had the fabric folded down the center so that both sides would be a mirror iamge of the other. I cut out 2 of both the front and the back because I wanted to leave my edges raw and I though t the 2 layers together would make a nice ruffly effect.

This is the shape I used for the sleeve.

I don't know that you can tell from the pictures but I did a simple straight stitch along all the edges but I did not hem any of them.

Then I simply cut about 8 2 layered strips and did a straight stitch down their center, one after another to create the ruffled look on the shoulder.

And now the Kids need my attention. more later...