Now the top itself was easy enough to make, no dramas there. The real problem was with the sequins. The original top used light blue, silver and bronze sequins; I could only get hold of transparent light blue, clear and gold sequins. Also, I couldn't find individual sequins so I had to buy the strings of sequins and then take them apart one by one.
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| Sewing the sequins by hand |
At the 11th hour... I ran out of sequins. I thought I had enough sequins to get at least the front done, but clearly I'm terrible at estimating. So I ran out of sequins, the shops had already shut and I had an early flight out the next morning. That was that.
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| The "finished" product |
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| The back of the top (this is also supposed to be covered in sequins) |
So clearly this top was a disaster. The sequins were the wrong colour, I ran out of the sequins, and I wasn't even able to finish the top.
When I photographed the top, I tucked it in and wore a high-waisted skirt to cover up the unfinished bit.
