in orange . . and linen

Joshua and I were in Zara the month after Malachai was born - - "pick something! pick something!" Joshua told me; and I picked out this orange linen bias cut dress. I wore it happily for a few months, and then, it just didn't fit right, so it got tucked away - - till a few months ago when I decided that I either needed to give it away or cut it up.

(hey look! - - baby Malachai!)

so it was cut.
I cut off the bottom 18 inches of the dress,
cut some bias tape and sewed it on;
threaded some elastic through it.


and then, after some extremely creative pattern piece cutting (I was short on fabric, ok?), I made up this little top from the pattern from these cute mamas; Rachel bought the pattern for us a year ago and we have been looking for just the right fabric ever since; we decided that this was it!The pattern gives an option for a dress or top, and I chose the top (right, well, I had already cut off the bottom of the dress for the skirt, so it was like the choice was made for me, you know . . . .) The bodice pattern piece seemed short so I added an extra inch . . but I really think that I should have added two; not that I really had an extra inch to add . . .

here's to making every square inch count!