Friday, June 7, 2013

Maxi skirts and some spring cleaning.

I recently finished up some maxi skirts for my sister-in-law, all with trendy prints from girlcharlee because she is young and skinny and can get away with things like chevron and horizontal stripes.

 
 


This one is to hit just above her knee, in tiffany blue chevron




Mustard and ivory stripe, though in my opinion it is more orange than mustard in real life.  I had previously bought a couple yards and it was much more dull, a true mustard, and the same picture was up on the website when I ordered this one.  I wasn't thrilled when I got my shipment and posted a picture of the two side by side on their facebook page inquiring as to why they looked so different.  The ladies there were really nice and explained they had complaints it was too dull.  They then shared my picture on their page and it set off a debate as to which one was better.  Well, girlcharlee listened and brought back the original color while keeping the new brighter print also.  So if you order it, one is labeled original and one is labeled bright.  Next time I will choose original:)




And finally a black and white chevron.  I bought from the first batch of chevron print last year and was disappointed when it faded SO much on the first wash, so I was leery when she wanted to order the chevrons.   Let me tell you, they fixed the problem big time!  This has been washed my typical 3 times before sewing and there was no fading.  So much happier, in fact kind of wishing I had  ordered some too!

All three skirts are the same, the waistband is meant to be folded over, though it is up in the pictures, all have a slight a-line shape. 




Forever ago I ordered some comic board books to organize my fabrics.  Did I do anything with them?  Of course not.  Earlier in the week I took on the giant task of folding all my cotton/apparel fabrics on the boards.  Ben must have really liked the way it looked because when I ran out he was so nice and picked me up another set from the local comic book store (who knew we had one?!). 

Aaaah.  It makes pairing my fabrics so much easier, and I can finally shut the door all the way, ha!




George approved.



She even chose to eat her snack there.

6 comments:

  1. Love all the skirts, Brittney
    And love the peek at your oh so tidy stash :-) - more room for George to get in there now!

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    1. Thanks Justine! I think it is so funny, she just loves it in there!

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  2. lol...it's the perfect place to eat a snack!:) The skirts look great! Did you use a pattern or tutorial for them? They look like they'd appeal to K.

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    1. I did look at a bunch of tutorials, but just kind of did my own thing. The skirt pieces are half her hip measurement (since there are 2 pieces) at the top with a slight a-line to the bottom, as wide as I could go with the fabric. The waistband is 6 inches wide, folded in half, and sewn to the skirt. Next time I would do a longer waistband, maybe 8 inches. Also, I didn't add seam allowances since it was stretchy and for the waistband made it 1 1/2" smaller than her hip measurement since it will stretch. Clear as mud? ;) I could always sketch it and put it on flickr if you'd like.

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  3. THey look great! And I actually really like the bright mustard - will have to look for that on the site. The stash organization is fantastic. How well do the boards work for extended yardage (2+ yards?)

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    1. Thanks! I do like the bright one too, I just thought it was the same that I had ordered previously and was surprised it wasn't;)

      I really have liked the boards. I have quite a few cuts that are close to 4 yds, it works great, just more folding;). I have a few that are 1/2yd and those are a tight fit.

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