50's inspired skirt progress

Sorry about the mess in the background but this is the progress on one of my 50's inspired skirts. Here it is mostly finished, save for the hem and finishing the waistband. Ill post pics of the finished product when I have an outfit of it this weekend.

Pinning

After getting basic lines sewn, I became rather anxious to get a sense of what it would look like, so I pinned all the pieces to my dress form. I'm glad I did because it was so pretty, I was highly motivated to work on it further. This happened a week or so ago, but I've been sewing in all of my spare time, and haven't had the chance to post.

Renaissance Festival Clothes

I've gotten the under part of my skirt done for the renaissance festival.

Dress Form

This is my dress form, post feeding her with batting so she's more my size. It seems I'd had a few more Milky Way bars than she had. I promptly fixed that problem though (save for an inch in the thigh area. I have to go back to the store for reinforcements) and she is ready for dress making! I haven't named her yet, but rather feel that I should. I'd rather it came to me though, rather than trying to force it so early on.

More fabric fun!

On Saturday, I went on a field trip to Hancock Fabrics' Super Saturday Sale, and made great use of it by buying fabric for two skirts, fabric for a headwrap for belly dancing class, and materials for a couch I'm about to gut and re-do. The total was quite expensive (couch foam and batting cost a ton!) but I got everything for 50% off, so all in all, I was successful! The pictures are of the fabric for the skirts, the pattern I'm going to use (I'm modifying a dress pattern), and the inspiration. Unfortunately I'm not sure where I found the picture, so if anyone does know, I will be more than happy to credit it to its proper location!