blotched attempts @ sewing

i finally attempted to make my own clothes! not once but twice. as the saying goes, once bitten, twice shy. i think i am going to lay off sewing clothes for quite some time.

here's the first one. i saw this pattern in one of the books and loved the way it looked on the model. the instructions seemed pretty easy enough to follow - simple round collar with cap sleeves. here's the end product -

its like a baby doll dress and it looks pretty ok on picture. i just need to accessorise it abit with buttons or lace perhaps then its pretty. but its way too big for me. har har. i've got the measurements wrong ! :P

and this is my second HORRENDOUS one. its so ugly i cringe looking @ it. its supposed to be a simple drawstring skirt with 2 front pockets. but everything turned out so wrong. i had an negative inkling that it would turned out bad cuz the dirty green color fabric's really not my type plus the big pockets. dirty green with bright orange. omg! it simply screams ugly ugly ugly. but being a freshie @ sewing clothes, i decided to just follow the template blindly using whatever ugly fabrics i have on hand. and oh, how blind i am for its really U.G.L.Y!! the pockets are supposed to be worn in the front but in the picture, i worn it at the back in hope of making it lo0k better. sigh... my 4+ hours effort gone down the drain.

when i do try to sew my own clothes again in future, i will try out the first one again, this time, in the correct measurements with pretty fabric.