Evelyn Flynn

Loreto Secondary School

Kilkenny County Council

This outfit was inspired by the night sky and the twinkle of starlight. Our young designer Evelyn sourced a turquoise bed skirt and a navy dress from her local charity shop for her creation. She unpicked the stitching in the bed skirt, and used a paper pattern to cut out the pieces for the top. 

The top is sewn with dart and facings and has been finished with bias binding on the armholes, with a slip stitched hem along the bottom. 

Evelyn experimented with different embroidery techniques and added dainty star details along the neck line of her top. The navy dress wasn’t to Evelyn's taste, so she removed the sash and styled her outfit with the top worn over the dress. 

The sash now works as a belt to literally tie the two pieces together. The look is completed with shoes and a purse that Evelyn borrowed from her Mum.