While we're at it, here's a skirt I whipped up because I had nothing to wear At first (and in this picture) it was just a tube with a waistband of stretchy black knit. But as I was walking across the parking lot to work it fell down! (As far as I know no one was looking and anyway I had on my bicycle pants underneath.) So now it has an elastic waistband.
I also made the t-shirt I'm wearing. It might be a Renfrew.
I didn't even understand the sewcialists thing!
ReplyDeleteYour skirt and shirt look really nice and they suit you so well! I had to laugh when I read about your skirt falling down. That must have been awful, but it is a good story to tell afterwards!
I left out the part about how I broke one of my two needles while I was serging the waistband but just kept right on going, thereby punching a line of holes right next to the stitching. In effect, creating a perforated line between the skirt and the waistband. Had to redo that or it would have been another reason it would fall down!
DeleteLove the outfit.......
ReplyDeleteThanks, Karen!
DeleteI like to think that learning twitter and Instagram exercises our brain cell the older we get. That's why I keep plugging on with social media. At least you have a blog up and running. I'm working on getting my confidence up to start one. (I like your outfit; the tee shirt fits you nicely)
ReplyDeleteThanks! And you've got something going on with your six circles and your nehru jacket (which I remember) that my brain cell isn't up to understanding.
DeleteI like it... and I love the story about how it ended up with a waistband! ~Laurie
ReplyDeleteYeah, maybe I need some clarification on the "busting" part of stash busting?
DeleteGreat story- isn't that always one of our biggest fears when we make our own clothes? My mom always tells me the story of how, at my younger sister's baptism (in front of the whole church), the elastic in her slip broke and it fell down around her ankles. She was mortified! At least no one saw your wardrobe malfunction :) I'm glad it was salvageable, I love the final result! And now I know to be wary of those knit waistbands.
ReplyDeleteTo be clear, I think the problem was fabric selection and execution. I made another fabric waistband skirt with more spandex in it and it works beautifully.
DeleteI love the fabric for your skirt! Here's hoping you can keep the wardrobe malfunctions at bay with the elastic because that's a skirt that needs to be worn. Frequently.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I'm pretty much a walking wardrobe malfunction anyway, so no worries.
DeleteWaist band to the rescue! It is a flattering skirt and I love the fabric print.
ReplyDeleteIt was certainly easy enough to make (apart from the catastrophic detours, of course).
DeleteNice skirt! Or leg warmers if it falls down again. 8-)
ReplyDeleteI don't know what is wrong with me (many things, but another time) that I don't "get Twitter", I have had those young folk explain it to me and I still don't get it. I am signed up because I was told I have to be, but I still don't understand it. Instagram, I sort of understand, but don't participate.
I think maybe the young (that is, those under 45 or so) get bored with the linear delivery of information and want it buzzing all around them. My attention doesn't multi-task as well as it used to, if it ever did!
ReplyDeleteA very lovely skirt - and you know my shortcomings with technology :). When all is said and done, it is lovely to connect with other sewers - and actually using social media develops all sorts of skills. I can't get on with twitter though - I get it, but I don't really like it. I am not sure information is buzzing around youngsters though - zips and zaps and tweets and twitters are not really consolidated info as you have pointed out :)
ReplyDeleteNo, but I think there's a reason they (whoever "they" are) report on what's "trending" on twitter. Without reading everything you can skim the #sewcialists posts and see what people seem to be talking about but if you try to read all tweets in order you will go crazy. Or at least I would.
DeletePS, still chuckling at the thought of a skirt falling down to reveal ---bike shorts! Yes, nothing like elastic to hold things up.
ReplyDeleteThank god for those bike shorts!! I like this outfit and the skirt fabric is very cute.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Mary! I'm usually protected from wardrobe malfunctions as I cycle to work most days. Nothing short about my biking wardrobe--I always wear cycling knickers extending below the knees. Hard to know what to call them on the blog, however, because both "pants" and "knickers" are unmentionables outside the US!
DeleteThank goodness for bike shorts! Your outfit looks great though :)
ReplyDeleteI don't get twitter either. I need lots of time away from people as it is, I think the constant buzz and talk would drive me mad.
I have friends who stay ahead of the news reported from hot spots around the world by following twitter, but I have no idea how they do it.
Deletehahaha good on you for the save. And that is a lovely skirt!
ReplyDeleteThank goodness I teach after most of our students have gone home for the evening!
DeleteAwww well done cycling shorts! Lovely skirt, I love the detail and the hem.
ReplyDeleteThanks Clare! I can't take credit for the hem--it's border fabric and I left it unhemmed.
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