The Skirt to Sleeve Transformation - with the help of Simplicity 1255.

I nearly didn't blog today, as promised to you last week, because I am so tired. I did three months of outstanding accounts yesterday and I think I saw them all last night instead of sleeping. So today I am a little lacklustre and will keep this post quite short. Last week I showed you my knit dress, also made in this fabric. The original piece of fabric was 1.45 metres of 150 wide knit - and after I made the dress, I had a strip left over. I made a little skirt out of that, but it was just too short for my liking. I had already so fallen in love with this fabric that I had purchased another piece to make a jumper to go with my casual clothes. I then realised what I could do. I rememberd this patterned: This top has drop shoulders, and I already knew they sat quite low on me, as I had made the top before - just a wearable muslin out of remnants. I realised I could get the sleeves out of the little skirt. And then a top from the 1.55 piece. Which would le