What kicked it all off was a bench cushion.
I liked the fabric so much, I bought 15 more yards and made some lined panel curtains for the living room. These took forever and I was thoroughly sick of them by the time I was done, but they look nice and that's what I was after. Remind me that curtains are a good thing to buy.
Knocked off a couple of little bags for my manager at work (she was using Starbucks paper bags for her totes - couldn't have that!). These are so easy - placemat bags like Noelle made a few years ago. 2 hours max! Perfect.
And then, for the first time in years (and I do mean years, maybe decades), I had a hankering to try making some clothes again. Here are some summer skirts - can't get good shots of them on my own, maybe I'll try again with help.
Poppies on gauze - really full skirt with lots of panels & godets:
Brown embroidered linen drawstring skirt with cargo pockets (hard to see here, but it's all about the fabric anyway):
This one was a copy cat of Cyndy's camo cargo skirt - same pattern, although I didn't realize that until I was nearly done. I learned from her frustrations and skipped the fussiness at the waist - just threaded the drawstring through buttonholes instead of outside the band under twill tape. It did take me 1/2 an hour and lots of study to remember how to do a buttonhole, though.
2 comments:
I knew I'd like the poppy skirt from your description, but it's even cuter than I imagined! and you have done a lot of sewing.
That sewing bug started an epidemic at your house. The curtains look great, so maybe the frustration of wrestling with miles of fabric is worth the end product. The skirts look darling, and cool for hot summer days.
My sewing is consisting of quilting right now.
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