Floral Print Accident

My second project, made the weekend after my first skirt, was also a skirt. (I loves skirts ^.^)

I had a simple sleevless shin-length floral print dress which I wore often (due to a shortage of other office clothes) and disliked thoroughly. Now that I don't have an office, I don't need office clothes, so I had the perfect opportunity to show the dress my true feelings. I eviscerated it with a pair of scissors.

I made three tiers out of the fabric, practiced my ruffling, and sewed the tiers back together to make a ruffled skirt.

Bad:
1. I thought it would be a good idea to turn the fabric inside-out to make it look less formal and different. It does look different...but not in a good way.
2. The tiers aren't sewn together very well, so there are some parts where...um...okay, how about a picture!

Okay. That thing that looks kinda like a hat or an anthill or a volcano is actually the skirt. What this picture is showing you is that my stitches weren't always straight, and they overlapped each other in a lot of places. Because the stitches weren't straight and because I didn't cut the fabric perfectly, in some places, the lower tier isn't even attached to the upper tier, creating gaps. None of the gaps are big enough to be noticed, though, and I could fix them if I really cared.
3. Sadly, overall, this skirt looks like what it is: rags sewn together badly.

Good:
1. I love this style. It's so cute and innocent and flirty and just fun to wear.
2. I learned how to make a drawstring.
3. I got ruffle practice.
4. I LOVE the contrast of the red thread against the navy & yellow fabric. Super-love it. Red's my favorite.

The dress, before I mangled it:

 Skirt:

Yeah, I know it's blurry. Trust me, it looks better that way.