Lekala 8000 – A Tale Of Two Frocks
Well it’s one frock really, but due to it being far too tight and having giant ric-rac on the hem it was in need of attention before I could wear it publicly. Remember the Mexican party we went to? It was over the back holiday weekend in August which now seems ages ago. I needed a Mexican outfit. After much deliberation and with a hangover I began cutting out the Lekala #8000 – a free pattern that is made to measure my size (or yours)! It was 4pm and we were going out at 7:30pm so I didn’t have time for fitting issues! I decided to use the raspberry stretch denim in my stash. As you can see from the photo below it came very close to being another pair of culottes! And it’s also what I used in my last post to make the personalised peg bag. The dress went together really easily. I had it finished before 7pm but I did cut a few corners. I added a big red flower from my trip to …