Do you remember this delicious fabric? Flatmate Alice brought it back from Japan in August, and it has finally made it from a plan to an actual skirt. Given the subject matter of the print I had to stand in the flowerbed for the pictures.
I'm very pleased with myself, not only for squeezing a flippy (albeit short) skirt out of one metre of fabric, but also because the pattern piece for the waistband had gone AWOL, and I redrafted it. That's what you get for using vintage patterns... It's Style 4167, from the seventies, I think.
In other news, Anthony and I had an anniversary at the weekend, so treated ourselves to afternoon tea at Le Chandelier
I'm a speedy tea drinker...
Monday, October 22, 2007
A skirt for gardening
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when you redrafted that pattern, did you keep the new pattern piece?
I love the a-lines of it - works perfectly with the length and fabric. or what that just Anthony's photography? :)
Cheeky besom!:)
When I say redrafted, I mean messed about with a bit of string, so no pattern piece ever quite existed, sorry...
oooOOooO! pretty......
I'm so jealous. I found this amazing fabric store here in Portland, but I can't buy anything, cuz I have no idea how to use it. One of these days I'm going to learn...or re-learn. I think I used to know how.
In the meantime, I'm going to admire yours :)
Oooh I LOVE IT! Pattern, skirt, colors - perfecto!
That is one adorable skirt!
beautiful skirt! no bees bothering? lucky girl!
:)
Eee, how cute. I just love the photographs. And I'm so impressed that you managed to get that out of a metre!
With regards to my Scissor T-shirt of Awesomeness, it's not an Anushka original, no, much as I'd like to take credit for the design ;) It's silkscreened from http://circularaccessories.etsy.com, though their smallest size is size M which means it fits looser than normal.
very cute!
how was le chandelier? i keep meaning to check it out but have been too lazy to walk to that end of LL
Lovely skirt, wonderful fabric! but I am even more impressed with the speed of your tea drinking. Happy Anniversary! Your beads and dress look lovely, is that a woollen dress?
Love the skirt - isn't it great when people buy you things that even match your wardrobe!
Tea, skirts with Japanese fabric! Ack! Must move to London!
such a lovely pattern. pity we don't have stuff like that here.
loving your boots like crazy though. i think the whole outfit is just super awesome!!
Thank you!!
I'm tickled that the boots are popular- they're just the cheapest wellies from Millets, which I bought for my allotment...
Love the skirt!
ok i love the shot with your cheery new skirt, white fishnets and gum boots! totally made me smile and think of home (as it is too cold to wear such cute things here)
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