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Adventures in sewing

Thursday, 20 July 2006, 20:26 | Category : Uncategorized
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I am finally getting around to posting some crafty pics.

I made a 5-tiered broomstick skirt from scratch. This is the first article of clothing I have made since Home Ec. in Jr. High School. I was quite pleased with the results, except that the fabric and color scheme is more geared toward fall.

Here is a close-up of the fabrics.

I used the left over fabric to make a matching purse.

You can see in the close-up, that the blocks are not even, but I made it in like an hour, so I wasn’t going for exactness.

I also tried my hand at free-hand quilting on the light purple patches. I inadvertently used a real marker instead of my disappearing ink marker of the same color, so now I have to figure out how to get the purple ink off.

Other than that, this project came out great, in my opinion.

2 Comments for “Adventures in sewing”

  1. 1Susan

    wrote on 21 July 2006 at 14:03

    Did you use a pattern? If so, which one? If not, could you post the instructions? It came out really nice. I’d like to try making one for my stepdaughter.

  2. 2charity

    wrote on 21 July 2006 at 17:08

    Thanks.

    I did use a pattern. Here is a link to the book I used. I bought mine at a local craft store. It is called “Sassy Skirts” by Cindy Taylor Oates (Taylor Made Designs).

    It has the pattern (which is only for the yoke (top tier)) and the instructions on how to make the rest of the tiers, make the gathers, and assemble the skirt.

    There are patterns/instructions for short and long skirts, side-zip and elastic waist.

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