Romeo and Juliet style girl's dress

A dress from remnants and scraps
This dress for my daughter was created very quickly from scraps.
I was given a bag of remnants and scraps by my neighbour (thanks Krissy) and I found the embroidered silk piece very interesting and tactile. It was only a triangular shape so there was a limit as to what could be made.
I basically cut off the 3 corners of the triangle to make it bodice shaped. Therefore it became the front of the bodice. In the same bag of scraps, I found the orange piece, which was thick and glossy. It is like a heavy polyester satin with a dye job. I knew if was dyed because when washed, it ran.
This piece was made into the gathered skirt and gathered sleeves.


Patterns
I did not have any patterns or templates. I did this as my grandmother would - by eye. I cut the fabric directly. Therefore there was no waste or anymore left of both fabrics.

Sleeves
Without patterns, it was hit and miss for the sleeves. As I intended them to be gathered to make use of all the fabric that was left, I had to re-make them due to my own foolhardiness. I did not gather them at the right angle, so I literally screwed up. I had use the adage - Keep Calm and Grab the Seam Ripper, take a deep breath. Unpick.

Detail of the buttonhole from inside. Another remnant, in yellow cotton was used for the lining. I only lined the bodice, not the skirt because of the glossy thick nature of the orange fabric.

Detail of buttonhole from outside. The same fabric was used for the bias binding.