Dress Of The Day with Angela

  Pocket added to jnside of jacket. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Most of my Indigo Moon jackets don"t have pockets. I emptied a zip up bag which I was given on a Singapore Airlines flight. I am turning larger, stiff zipped make up bags into clutch bags by adding sequins. Other small, stiff bags with zips in bright colours can be turned into small shoulder bags or evening body bags for dinner in restaurants and hotels.  However, this light, thin bag will make a pocket. I considered making a slit for a pocket in a side seam, but slant pockets are better for side seams. If I had one smart zippered bag I could make two vertical slits and thread it onto a dress belt, or a belt for trousers (Americans say pants) or a coat. One drawstring fabric gift bag which came with jewellery, or a candle. Could thread through a belt on on evening skirt. lf I had had two elegant matching matching bags they would make matching patch pockets on a shirt, skirt, pinafore dress or coat But I have just on...

  Angela in blue backgound white flower pattern summer dress outfit 419. Photo by Trevor Sharot. The Blue Summer Dress The old blue summer dress was rescued or recycled, scavenged from my spare room in London, England. Lovely colour, bright blue and crisp, contrasting bright white. But I was not keen on the fabric. The style did not suit me because it had spaghetti straps and a low back. This style meant you needed a jacket, and a bra which would not show at the front, on the shoulders, at the back, a whole nuisance.  However, when packing for my Writers' Summer School, and emptying the room for an overnight visitor who is going to that event, I re-discovered the dress. I thought I would try it on. Maybe now I am thinner it will suit me again.  If not, I could cut it up. What could I do? Turn it into a pillow case? Or an apron? Or a tunic? Would I be able to divide it horizontally into a wearable skirt and top? Or cut the skirt vertically to create a wrap skirt?  The...