If you follow me on twitter, then you already know: I could hardly stop tweeting about my sew-a-thon weekend that included the completing and sewing of not just 1 but 2 skirts!!!!!! I might as well just call it a skirt-a-thon. The photo above is of the first finished skirt pulled over the outfit I wore to my sewing class that day. As soon as it was completed, it needed to be on, over jeans combined with a flannel shirt and converse. Funny enough, it kind of worked in a 90's grunge sort of style.
Seriously, I am beside myself with joy and satisfaction over here. Having never sewn an actual piece of clothing that I could wear {aside from my first apron} ...I'm thrilled! over the moon! and have been wearing these skirts every day since ~ not simultaneously {although my love for these articles of clothing run so deep at the moment, that I probably would if I could}
The first skirt I sewed as part of a 2 day class and the second one featured above I sewed all by myself, so that I could get what I learned over this past week imprinted more permanently in my brain, right away.
There are few moments that are as satisfying as sewing those final few stitches on something that you created, especially something you can wear. I think my excitement about this is slightly contagious, because for a moment there I even had Sean wishing that he could sew his own clothes.
What have I been missing my whole life?
I might be hooked on sewing.
Regardless. Whether this is a passing fancy or not, the knowledge I'm gaining to apply to my understanding of fabric design, as well as the vast improvement in my sewing skills = priceless ~
For those of you interested in making your own 'Cute Skirt': if you are in Los Angeles ~ I highly, highly recommend taking any and all classes over at Sew-L.A. in Silverlake. I'm taking a quilting basics right now and can't wait to take my next one after that. The pattern is Kwik Sew #3794. The floral fabric {I adore} is by Anna Maria Horner from her new Lou Lou Thi collection, and the colorful pattern is the 'modular' design Alexander Henry. You know I cannot wait to make this skirt in my own fabric ~ it will be surreal.
You are presently witnessing the evolution of an artist. Stay tuned for more sewn creations soon ;)
