A Groovy St. Patrick's Day

I hope you all had a lovely St. Patty's Day!  I finished my dress just in time to go out and enjoy the town with my honey!

This was my first time sewing with a 1960's pattern!!! I used Simplicity 7120:

It's a basic sheath dress pattern and I had just barely enough of my fabric (a green and purple polyester charity shop find that was perfect for St. Patrick's Day) to make it.  I think this pattern still needs a bit of tweaking for my body shape.  I'm short waisted so I think I need to shorten the bodice bit from the shoulders and probably let it out a in the hip area as well.  But overall, I am quite happy and it was fun and comfortable to walk around in!

It is still pretty cold here in Scotland!  Not warm enough to frolick around in a sleeveless dress!  I'm quite glad that I had a knit top that worked well colorwise underneath!!

We saw this super cool tiki head carved into the railing of the fence where we were taking our photos (Leith Walk):

How bizarre is that?

There was green all around...it is definitely starting to feel more spring-like around here (even if the trees are still bare):

This walkway goes on for miles and is a beautiful scenic walk right in the heart of the city.  You can even access two major galleries (the Dean Gallery and the Museum of Modern Art) from the walkway!  I love that there can be this bit of nature in the city!

How was your St. Patty's Day?  Hopefully it was fun and groovy!!