This is a dress hack of the Lou Box Top from SewDIY and the earliest surviving example of my makes with this pattern (others have been given away to smaller friends or chopped up to make smaller versions for other friends).
I cut out the bodice piece without attaching any of the optional hem pattern pieces and then made a rectangle of fabric to become the skirt, which I gathered in at the waist. The skirt is actually 4 different pieces of fabric (and the pattern definitely doesn’t mix), but I really don’t notice it much.
This is some of my shoddiest workmanship (I think I folded the neckline in on itself and sewed it down because I didn’t want to make bias binding), but I wear it a tonne around the house (and maybe out to the supermarket) in the warmer weather!
Size Details: I’ve sewn the XL/XXL size top and added a rectangle of fabric that was larger than my hips. I have a 47″ bust, 43″ waist and 54″ hip.
