The front cover of the latest Chasing Fireflies catalog had this 225$ dress. Beautiful dress, but the price is outrageous. So I decided to order the fabrics and make something similar – a circle skirt with a spaghetti strapped fitted bodice.

First we used a trammel to draw a really big circle and cut it out — I used that to cut the yellow satin and the lace.

The circle skirt and lace:

The entire thing basted together and halfway on Anya so I can see how it fits:

I still need to sew up the bodice and make the shoulder straps, but I’m about 75% done with weeks to go.