Last blog of the winter season

Only a short time until us snowbirds begin our migration from southern Florida to Madison, WI.  I can hardly wait, as it's warmer now there.  I should be cleaning out the refrigerator, but . . . Here's a beauty shot from our yard, a Walmart plant, no less.

So, this post's fabric goes way back to Christmas season before last when Lou gave me this gorgeous hand dyed silk chiffon at the Gayfeather annual fabric swap.

I had almost three yards and couldn't decide what to make out of it.  Then Style Arc published these two patterns made to be worn together.

I used the two patterns pretty much as is, but put the sleeve in a short version into the chiffon tabard piece, allowing a little on the sides of the pattern piece meant for knits. Have yet to gather it with the button and loop as I'm not sure if it will look like I caught it in my underwear, or not.  Here's the underdress in a thin rayon knit from Michael Levine.

And here's a couple of shots of the tabard.