Archive for skirts
Another wrap and a wardrobe question
I am beginning to think that wrap skirts are going to be for the Summer of 2011 what elastic-waist skirts were for the Summer of 2007. Time will tell, but I’m already off to a pretty good start. Here is the latest, made a few weeks ago to wear to Eamonn’s First Communion. Pattern: Spring [...]
continue reading "Another wrap and a wardrobe question"Wrapped up
Thank you, if you commented on my last post, emailed me, or posted on Facebook. It meant a lot to me. In flipping through the (many) skirts hanging in my closet this weekend, I realized that they were all in happy floral quilting cottons, funky thrifted bedsheets, or silly novelty fabrics. Nothing really struck me [...]
continue reading "Wrapped up"And the winner is…
It’s time to choose a winner for the skirt contest! Between comments, subscriptions and retweets, there were 34 entries. Random.org so kindly chose #8 for me, which works out to be… [drumroll, please] Melissa E! Congratulations, Melissa! I’ll be emailing you later today and asking a couple of nosy questions that will help me get [...]
continue reading "And the winner is…"Show off those pasty white legs: a giveaway
Well, ladies, it looks like winter is finally releasing it’s grip, ever so slowly. It won’t be long before we’re shedding those jeans and opting for lighter wardrobe choices… You probably know I am all about the Summer Skirt, and (weather permitting) the Spring Skirt as well. My pasty white Winter legs are ready to [...]
continue reading "Show off those pasty white legs: a giveaway"Summer Studio
Still experimenting with photographic pendants, in this installment of Summer Studio, come see the bits and pieces on my clay table, along with some of the other creative things I’ve got going on.
continue reading "Summer Studio"Scratching that itch
The sewing machine has been liberated from it’s basement prison, and I am scratching that itch. What did I choose to make? Something that wasn’t even on my list… I’m making a nice little pile of skirts in vintage fabrics. They’re (mostly) not for me, though. They’re destined for the shop, in fact. I’ve been [...]
continue reading "Scratching that itch"Joy in the daydream
Skirt weather has arrived, and oh, how I have missed it! I didn’t realize quite how much until I spent yesterday twirling around in my favorite a-line. Skirt-wearing brings a sort of effervescence with it that I find hard to capture in other ways. I suppose it’s just that it makes me feel “girly,” which [...]
continue reading "Joy in the daydream"Just beachy
Now that both of my kids are school-age, I find that I appreciate my role as at-home Mom most deeply in the summer. I’ve gotten used to having them both on schedules and gone for a great portion of the time during the school year, but in the summer? In the summer, we can drop [...]
continue reading "Just beachy"From Grandma’s table to my hips
I’ve had a small pile of fabric set aside for the last three months. In that stack was: two thrifted pillowcases in a lovely pink, yellow, and aqua stripe a roll of polka-dot grosgrain ribbon in dark brown and aqua my grandmother’s tablecloth, white with a yellow, pink, and aqua floral border These were to [...]
continue reading "From Grandma’s table to my hips"Bribery will get you everywhere
Once upon a time (or, more specifically, just over a year ago) I made a deal with myself. I knew I needed to lose 25lbs, and I thought maybe an incentive system would push me to reach my goal. Hey, it works with the kids, right? Why not me? So I decided that for every [...]
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