In this case "sucka" refers to "seersucker." Seersucker is a puckered, lightweight cotton fabric usually with thin stripes. Most commonly, blue and white stripes.
Here's my seersucker dress!
You see, seersucker is historically worn in the south where it's hot. There's even a seersucker day in Congress where the senators all wear it! My dress would be perfect for sweaty school days!
I bought that dress last year at Savers then spent all summer of 2017 trying to make it work. As you see in the picture, it's mostly just long. I thought it would be an easy fix. Nothing's ever easy for me!
Here's the first step! Little off the bottom, little off the sleeves... (Moody likes mid length dresses and short sleeves!) It was not a bad start...just a little loose fitting in some areas.
Here's my testing out some fabric pinching with some safety pins. I put a few gathers in the back. Gathers? Darts? Don't know the proper term for this. Starting to look better...but something was off.
Does that look cute to you?! Nope. It does not. It's that damn collar. Well, I know what I've got to do.
Seam ripped the collar and made a v neck. Hello, sexy new neckline!
NO. That is not a sexy neckline. It's not right at all.
Undeterred, I stood in front of the mirror with my pins, adding more "darts". Then I hacked more sleeve off. Here's what I got:
I love it. I wore it to school and received many compliments! Here's the big finish:
Sorry, I took a lot of pictures.
There's the little sash belt.
So school was a little different last year. I've spent the last 6 years in kindergarten and first grade. In September, 2017 they sent me upstairs. With the big kids. I spent my days shuffling between several fourth and fifth grade classes. I was reunited with my old friends! My first babies from kindergarten 2012-2013 "graduated" from fifth grade. I may have teared up a bit.
Hi, first: I discovered your blog via Refashion Coop only today and I apreciate ist. Especially what you made of this dress: congrats!
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