Dud, dud, dud.

Arachnophobes, read no further, because this post (and this frock) is covered in spiders:



It's a complete dud. Cute 1970s pattern, so I thought:


but the result looks like Polygamist Compound attire. Bill, I'm just popping back to Juniper Creek to conspire against you with my demonic false prophet father, mmmkay?


Ughh. If any Sew Retro readers want to salvage it, I'll gladly post it anywhere in the world (you pay postage) just to be rid of it, otherwise it goes straight to the op shop.

I've been posting here for a few years and, despite this complete failure, my mad sewing skillz have improved a lot. I've just started a patternmaking course and I'm blogging the results at Make It Til You Fake It, including more details of this disaster... come check it out, it's like a train wreck, you just can't tear yourself away!