Patchwork midi double corset cocktail dress. Made from my scrap vintage fabric. It has 48 grommets on the left side and 44 on the right side. Giving a total of 92 grommets. Accented with neon green cord as the drawstrings. The whole garment has a quilted like appearance. All the fabric is fused with zig-zag stitching. I purposely left the top and bottom edges raw. I only hemmed the sides to strengthen the area where the grommets were set. This dress is very flexible. It will accommodate for a range of different body sizes. This dress is considered a size small. This dress came together by playing around with the 22 panes I made. Placing and experimenting with the different panels to see if I could piece something together to form a garment. With a bit of luck and imagination I create this dress.

I don’t like to throw anything away and have it end up in a landfill. Over the years I have saved all my cuts and remnants of all my materials. Stored them in bags. It was starting to take up more space in my studio than I wanted. So I took all seven bags of vintage material I had accumulated and turned them into 22 panels. Transforming this discarded vintage material into beautiful patchwork panels. To be further transformed into beautiful garments.