Two Piece Dress

I made this just kinda delving into making a prettier dress. I was just wondering how I could improve for sake of other people. I realize there are parts of it that are off, it was more for learning than making something to wear.

By the way: I didn't care for the fabric I used. Like I said, this was made solely for learning and improvement more so than having something to wear. -_- I tried to stress that on another site I completely gave up on today. I digress though... Feed back please?

(I had to blur out embarrassing kitchen products -_-)