Laowai

I recently made a short dress and a long skirt.

The short dress is the new Amarena Dress pattern from Liesl + Co.

I found some heavily embroidered fabric on Etsy and the Amarena dress felt like the perfect pattern for it. I wanted to make something that could be a bit dressy but I also wanted a pattern that I knew I could have success with.

Also, it has pockets!

For the long skirt – I found a length of plaid cotton at a rummage sale this Fall and I was admiring this skirt from Talbots.

I decided to try a pattern called the Hanbok Wrap Skirt – It's based on traditional Korean dresses.

The wrap part makes it easy to fit. I wish I could have made the plaid appear more vertical like the Talbots dress – but other than that I'm happy with it.

I feel like long skirts are so fun to wear.