There's still some finishing touches to add but I love the twilly, I just need to work out how to style it past using it as a cumberbund (which I love). I need to take the skirt in at the waist, but love the potential. I bought the dress secondhand about a year ago, I adored the print but the dress turned up with a weird unexpected ballon shape, the neck and arms were too tight, and not the length I'd thought it was. A twilly seems like a small project but the idea of the twilly means you have to think about the bigger project which is brilliant.

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Hi! I tried joining zoom @ 4:05 and am left in the waiting room… 😔… it’s now 4:29 … 😞 still waiting to be let in & join the zoom

Hello all! Here is my first attempt at the twilly. (I think my "before" picture shows last here, despite my attempt to order them chronologically!) This is a woolen top with some sparkly bits woven through that I used to wear to work sometimes. I always thought it was a bit too long and slightly difficult to pull on and off because of the shape of the shoulders. I packed it away several years ago intending to alter it. As you can see in the pics, I shortened the bodice and removed the sleeves. I recut the armscyes slightly bigger under the arm and on the front, but not the back. Because there is a lining, finishing was tricky. I ended up using bias binding on the armscyes (I couldn't figure out how to do a burrito method). The bottom hem was a little easier to finish with my machine and some hand sewing, if a bit clumsy. I used the material I cut off the bodice for my twilly, about 70" long and 1" wide. I used the lining on one side and the fashion fabric on the other since the fashion fabric is a little scratchy and thick. Because the fashion fabric is a little thick, it might have been better at a slightly wider width. I wanted to use tassels for the ends but wasn't able to find any at my local fabric store, but I did find some pretty amber/black rosettes at my local creative reuse center, so I used that when I styled the twilly as a choker. I also have styled the twilly in my hair which I think I like as the fabric has some sparkly in it that picks up the silver in my hair.

I’ve had this skirt for years, while I love frills the shape was wrong on me, so after watching the workshop I had to rummage through several boxes of clothes & came across this & I thought I’ll make it in to a top & voila here it is…twilly is yet to come