A couple months ago I got my hands on an old retired wool kilt, and made plans to rip it apart to make something out of it. I figured I’d have enough for jacket or skirt, and then realized that I would never wear a plaid jacket and dropped that plan. Then I actually ripped it apart and realized I had a pile of about six yards of fabric (albeit some very narrow yards).

Awesome — Christmas dress it is!

My inspiration on this one was this Alexander McQueen dress, except I wanted more of a cut-away armhole look. I drafted the bodice and then just pleated the skirt until I liked how the pleats sat.

The inside is fully lined with black poly satin, and I briefly considered making a black petticoat sort of thing like Emma Watson wears, but haven’t gotten around to it. Still might.

Sidenote: also made a matching tie!