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I made a skirt yesterday, when I was in too much pain to concentrate on work. I used the top part of a skrit that I made when I was just home from hospital. It was just ot have somethign to wear that was loose and nice around the bandage and cut while it healed. I haven't used it since then,s o I came up with the brilliant ;) idea to use it for this projcet so that I wouldn't have to make another waistband. I tightened the elastic a lot, I think I cut off 5 inches.



I used a lot of stuff that had been lying in my cupboard on this skirt:
The yellow fabric is a curtain I bought on Tradera, a Swedish auction site, a couple of years ago.
The blue is new, from IKEA
The lace, which is made on an original 19th century lace machine was bought on eBay a decade ago
The ribbons are also a couple of years old, the top one I bought on a market and the others are dotty bias tape.

The original plan was to make a hippie skirt, but it looks more like an American skirt from the 40s-50s, inspired by Mexican folkwear. And that suits me fine too. Now I just wait for it to be warm enough to wear it outdoors.

Date: 2015-05-22 03:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] isabelladangelo.livejournal.com
Cute! I might have to go grab that fabric from Ikea myself. ;-)

Date: 2015-05-22 03:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] starlightmasque.livejournal.com
I love it! Very Rita Hayworth, especially with the shoes!

Date: 2015-05-22 04:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] zaftig46.livejournal.com
So pretty!

Date: 2015-05-22 07:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] merastra.livejournal.com
Like! You need a big old sun hat and a lemonade to go with that. :-)

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