Three dapper birds

 

I found this dress really cheap at the store. I liked the bright color and most importantly it has pockets. But it needed a little help. For one thing, it was 2 sizes too big. Luckily, that was easily correctable. I was able to take it in at an angle starting at the armpit and leaving the pockets untouched. Once I got it resized, it was still a bit boring. I wanted to take that basic stripe pattern and jazz it up a bit. 

I planned out a design for the bottom of the skirt that I planned to draw or stitch on some plain fabric that I would then iron onto it. As luck would have it, though, when I opened my sewing box to find my iron-on interfacing, I found instead this metalic patch fabric I'd bought on a whim. It was the perfect thing to really make my design pop.

I traced my design onto the patch fabric, cut it out, and ironed it in place. I finished it off with permanent marker, adding detail to my birds and "telephone lines" to the striping on the dress.