The Flowery Skirt

More coat inspiration

As if you needed some more...

Small selection of patterns from Burda and La Mia Boutique:

 

Is it spring yet?

Hello everyone!

It has been raining today, so I wanted to start with this gorgeous Second hand shop find! Yummy, no? I feel spring when I look at it! Also, little flowers started blooming around the house and made me smile, but the weather forecast said it was going to snow - again. So this little number will have to wait a minute before going to town.

I need to take it in at the sides because it's two sizes too big and maybe shorten it a few cm. And change those ugly buttons. Weeelll, you do understand I had to take it home anyway, don't you? :-))))

I also made some progress on the refashioning front. Finally those superbad fitting jeans became a skirt. Forgot the before pic, sorry.

You know how it goes:

- you measure the length and cut off the surplus of the leg length of the jeans

- unpick the seams of the legs till the point you can easily overlap the pieces

- insert a piece of the leg remnant as a panel to the front and one to the back

- pin first and than try it on to see if it fits nicely, otherwise repeat the process till you're satisfied

- sew the pieces together - I did it directly, with topstitching

To finish this skirt differently, I didn't just hem it, but stitched a decorative stitch  1 cm from the edge and then frayed it. You can click on the photo to see the detail better.

What a present!

My dear M gave me another marvelous present! Not fabric this time but clothes. I was able to sort out a few things that fit me. I'm so excited!

This dress is just perfect!

Look at the bustle!

 

It was handmade. Can you spot the orange thread the lady used for serging? So odd.

Oh, oh, oh, this coat made me unbelievably happy! It's YELLOW!!

(Can you see me jumping up and down? :-)))

 

Love the collar!

This was handmade, too. It's double breasted as you can see. Unfortunately I cannot button it like that. It fits me when buttoned the way you see in the pic. It is strange because the back fits me perfectly. So does the length. But why is it so narrow in the front? Who knows... The important thing is that it can be fixed. I shall replace the buttons and add a row where the buttonholes are, and I'll tell everyone that the triple row of buttons was meant by design. Clever, eh?

 

 

And now...a little spicy pic of Lilly sporting the coat for you to see the lining! LOL

Color cyclamen! Or magenta if you prefer.

I took it to the dry cleaner's this morning and hope to be wearing it by the end of the week.

Z asked if I had matching shoes for the "Canary coat" as he calls it. No I don't. Neither do I have a matching bag. What are we going to do about that? Is it Christmas soon? :-)

 

Corduroy violet skirt

Several years ago I made this:

The fabric was super cheap. I loved it so much I made a coat right away. I still have it in my closet and enjoy wearing it. 

I love the metal flower buttons!The lining is silver.

I forgot about the leftovers, though. They were sitting on the bottom of a box waiting patiently to be transformed into something pretty. The time came and now we have a little A-line skirt!

 

It's so cold outside I can easily start wearing both as a set with boots tomorrow!

I've also cut out a small bag. But I really don't know when I'm going to put it together. I'm trying to be productive on the finishing front! Summer top for my mother - almost done! Tomorrow, I guess.