Orla la!
5 August 2007, 15:42At the most recent Orla Kiely sample sale I bought probably the most expensive towel of my life (£20, but still, for a towel?). I knew I’d be able to make something great out of her quintessential flower print, and already having purchased a terry skirt from a previous sample sale, I thought I’d head dress-wards.
I’m going on holiday very soon, and even though I’m not a “beach person” (try getting me to sit still long enough, my freckly pale colouring nonwithstanding), I know we’ll be going to a few pools and a municipal beach while I’m away. So I aimed towards making a beach coverup that I wouldn’t mind wearing out and about, and I’m pretty happy with the results!
I just eyeballed the dress pattern, making sure to get the dotted lines even on both sides, then elongated the neck area since I goofed and made the bust a bit tight. Then I realised I had enough towel leftover for either a hood of a pouch pocket (but not both) and went for the hoody option. The nice thing is that when I’ve got my bikini on underneath, it just peeks through the neckline perfectly!
Tags: dress, recycled
That is so incredibly cute!
— stacy Aug 5, 07:32 PM #
I was gonna say how cute, but since that has already been stated – I will instead say well worth the expense on the towel!
— anneland22 Aug 27, 07:48 PM #