So…I haven’t posted in aaaaaages, and my latest challenge (self-stitched September) ended in a bit (huge? massive?) of a fail, but I do have a good excuse, which I’ll get to later. For now, here’s the remainder of my SSS photos.
Day 13
Day 13 was my “hula-cowgirl” look (on account of the Hawaiian print skirt and big brown boots). I made this circle skirt from a 1960s pattern, but it’s just your classic circle skirt, so really not difficult at all I love to wear it as it’s so full and swishy, and the fabric is just so cheerful. I think I receive a compliment just about every time I wear it. The blue trim at the hem was originally supposed to be hidden actually under the skirt, but I was in a hurry to finish it for a work Christmas thing last year and had to wear it with just the bias trim showing. I’ve grown to really like it the way it is, so I’ve just left it. I know it’s sheer laziness but I like it, damn it! Also, I just realised the necklace I’m wearing is me-made too. I made the funky beads from Fimo clay years ago and occasionally pull it out to jazz up an outfit.
Day 14
Day 14 was my boring classic librarian outfit (hence the very serious looking book). Black and white gathered skirt (yes, the one I’ve made so many of). Not much else to say of this, really…
Day 15
Day 15 is my red and white seersucker dress (also seen here) with my red bow-belt. I love this dress so much – I really should make another.
Day 16
Day 16 is a lame effort…I’ll admit. My self-made item was this button brooch. It’s awesome, but not self-stitched. At least I made it!
Day 17
Day 17 is an even worse effort than day 16…it’s made of fabric (the red and white seersucker featured a couple of days before, for all you astute readers), but not stitched at all either. It’s basically just a fabric rectangle with a smaller rectangle tied around it. And a safety pin attaching it to my shirt.
And, that’s the end of my SSS ’11 adventures. Now, onto the reason I fell of the wagon, so to speak…Dajarra and I bought a house! We’ll be moving in a couple of weeks which is super exciting, but the purchase went through right in the middle of September, so pretty much all my time was taken up with all the house-buying things you have to do. Like sign a million documents. Read endless legal forms. Speak with bank managers. And countless other things that I dare not think of again. Ugh…but, so worth it. To celebrate I finally made a cover for an uber ugly ottoman that Dajarra picked up somewhere that I’ve been promising to cover for about a year.
Ugly no more!
I forgot to take a before pic but it was originally orange vinyl and covered in graffiti. Now it’s pretty awesome!
Matilda the wonder dog
Late Nights & Lockstitch 