I participated in the Friday Night With Friends event last Friday. After the stressful week I had, it was so nice to empty my head of all my worries and just sit and sew!
Here’s what I worked on:
This is a project that’s been cooking away in my head for a while. I have this problem, you see; I’m in LOVE with the Kelly skirt from Megan Nielsen. Those box pleats. Angled front pockets. Buttons down the front. Sigh. I have this inner preppy person that gets all tingly about these sorts of features in a skirt. (Yes, I have an inner bohemian, too–it gets crowded in there sometimes.)
This is a problem because the Kelly skirt does not come in my size. And, frankly, I’m not going to spend $13 on a pattern that I have to grade up. So I bought the Vogue pattern on the left from an Etsy seller a while ago in what I thought was my size. I actually have no idea what I was thinking when I bought this, however, since it isn’t my size either. 😦 So, on to problem #2: I am a dork.
On a happier note, though, look at that fun striped fabric up there. After one of my doctor’s appointments recently, I decided I needed a reward, so I stopped in at the Goodwill on my way home. That striped fabric was the brightest, most cheerful thing in the linen section, so I bought it, even though $4.99 seemed a little bit steep for what I thought was a tablecloth. When I got it home, though, I discovered it was a Tommy Hilfiger full-size comforter cover–that’s a lot of fabric for $4.99!
So I’ve been working on the happiest, most summery skirt you ever imagined. Waistband is on, but not finished yet; tomorrow’s task is to find some buttons for it.
Hope to have the skirt done this week. Construction details to come . . . .
STH
Stephanie said:
I also love the features of that skirt and the fabric is just beautiful. Have fun!
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STH said:
Thank you! I am definitely getting more confident about taking a pattern and making it over to get what I want. So more fun and less stress with each project I do!
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Thimberlina said:
that is a proper summery fabric, I bet it makes you smile every time you were, looking forwards to reading more about it 🙂
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STH said:
You are so right about the fabric! As for the project, I have (of course) made it just as complicated as I possibly can, but hopefully it will still turn out okay. We’ll see. 😉
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Lynn said:
I love the striped fabric. So cheerful. Can’t wait to see the finished skirt. I can’t remember when I followed a pattern exactly. Once you start hacking patterns you have to hack every pattern.
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STH said:
Ha! Yes, that’s exactly it! Once you figure out that it’s not all that hard to change a pattern to make it the way you want, you can’t settle for what they give you any more. I think I need to come up with at least one TNT pattern, though, so that I get some quick and easy projects in between the hacked patterns. I know you have some of those and that’s a smart way to do things, I think.
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