Bless This Mess

Every year around Christmas time, I make my three girls Christmas dresses.  This year, I slacked a bit and just bought their dresses from Costco.

Instead, I made myself an outfit.  Well, sorta.  I made a pencil skirt and matching necklace and bracelets.  Here are just a couple of pictures of them, I haven’t ironed the skirt yet, so these are more just detail shots.

It’s a simple pencil skirt that goes below the knees.  Here’s the detailing I put on the left front side of the skirt.

The pictures make the beads look orange, but they aren’t.  The second picture is the most accurate.  Oh, and a side note, I hand dyed the beads!

Here’s the necklace I made to match.

The extra beads at the top right side of the picture are the bracelets I made.  So, there you have it, that’s the gist of what it looks like.

I think paired with a black top and black knee high boots, it’ll look really snazzy!

I hope I can fit into it.  For some reason, when I sew for myself, everything ends up too small, even though I cut the pattern out larger than I really am.  Does anyone else have this problem?  Here’s hoping I can lose 7 pounds before Sunday!