Brenda, I did of course mean Cupol. That has the advantage over Morgan's and Ohsewsimple's suggestios as I know I have some already that I wouldn't mind using, unlike my stack of silk which is just for looking at, not actually for using. I'd not thought of using a stretch fabric as I'd though the weight of the skirt would pull it out of shape, but of course this doesn't happen on a dress fully made of jersey. The suggestion of getting a RTW top though has a lot of appear - I bought a couple of full-length slips in a "cool" jersey in the sales, a short version of one of those would be good in warm weather.
The top portion of the Tamaneji dress was what I had in mind, although with the top a bit shorter. What always surprises me about these posts is where do you find the patterns? Do you all have photograhic memories?
Many thanks to all of you
GG