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The Bag Dresses

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Oh yes, these dresses are just as attractive as they sound. Four years ago in preparation for Pennsic my best friend and I banged out three dresses and matching tunics for me to take. Did I mention it took took one weekend to make theses? Yeah. . . . These dresses were a nightmare. Neither of us knew much about sewing, none of the hems were double rolled . The dresses were made with modern patterns and never really looked right . They did not have gores in them, they were just to straight pieces of fabric sewed together with some sleeves. Not to mention they were huge on me. Unfortunately (or maybe not) I don't have many pictures of the dresses. You get the idea though. So, what is a broke college student to do? I really don't want to throw these away just because they suck. I mean it is still good fabric, a few years old maybe. However I only wore them to pennsic that one time. Then it hit me, I bought the fabric a couple of weeks ago to make some Viking style ap