Showing posts with label skirt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label skirt. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Completely Ruffle'licious....

everything's ...licious these days
so excuse me i'm joining in!

i'm totally taken in
by the abundance of ruffles on
this made to be twirled in skirt.

it's complete at last...
all sewn up...hehehe


sharrie's my model here,
'cos i won't see miss b 'til the weekend.
miss b is just a tad smaller
and
the skirt was just an itsy weenie bit squeezy on sharrie...
but i think she looks great in it.


miss chair modelled this again....
i did take heaps of pics
with sharrie striking georgeous poses
but either she or i would move at the wrong time.

now if i was brilliant
with my big black camera;
sharrie would be twirling and leaping
and i would catch her posing perfectly in mid air!

my pics wouldn't be blurry
like this...my apologies...


the top half of sharrie is beautiful too,
but i am not quite ready
to expose my family to the world...
this world is new to me
and we're all just a little shy.

mr w is on his way north again
and i miss him already...
i probably won't see him again
for a month.
we do chat by phone each day...
but it's not the same,
 he sometimes feels so far away.
leading his own life,
knowing people i don't know,
doing things in a way
that we don't at home,
living a solitary life in a caravan,
kind of a single man's life, but kind of not.

i hope you
have opportunities
to live a connected life
{even though it may seem a little too close sometimes}
with your family...

naturally Carol  xox

ps...just had a bit of a giggle to myself,
when i went to type 'xox' i typed 'sos' instead...
is that a freudian slip? 
mmm....just  need a few hours to adjust again...
tweak my thinking!

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Ruffled Again...

when miss b spied that owley fat quarter
she said 'make something for me'.
i had noticed that the mustard colour in it
matched the mustard of the 'anthology' fabric.

miss b has a quirky sense of style and humour.
{like the time she was working in a construction company,
with all but her being men.
she told them all that it was
'secretary appreciation day'
and they all turned up with gifts and flowers!
- she did tell them the truth,
they laughed.

or

the times when they all had pink payslips
and other kinds of pink paper paraphenalia...

or

the time they had pink sparkley xmas decorations
and only pink...
they lived with that too!}

so
i think those cute little owls will suit her perfectly,
just peeking through...


the yoke lining was attached next...


... my little label was finished and sewn on.


miss chair did a better job at modelling
than mr table...


mr w and the boys,
the genius cook - mr t,
the smooth operator - mr m
and the paint expert - mr p
have all gone fishing...

so
sharrie and me
will have a peaceful tuesday morning,
doing exactly as we please....

have a pleasant tuesday too...

naturally Carol xox

ps...the finished skirt will be on display tomorrow...


Monday, October 25, 2010

Ruffley Skirt for Miss B...

let's do some addition...
3 georgeous new 'anthology' fabrics (3 yards),
1 owley freebie from retromummy (1 fatquarter, only used little corner)
plus...

1 pattern from miss b herself...

equals
1 new ruffley skirt for miss b!

i will show you a third of a skirt today...
yes, i know i am teasing you,
you'll just have to wait until tomorrow
for the next,
this is to build character into you...patience...hehehe



got the yoke onto the first ruffle...


showing the skirt under the ruffle...



this is the first time i have sewn in
an invisible zip...
hooray! it is almost invisible!


tomorrow...the yoke facing/lining...
the second ruffle and underskirt...

i'm loving that grey and yellow combo
just as much as i did when making the apron

by the way...
ta da!  drum roll please...
my sister jill has just created a blog...
'velvet moss'
can be found on 'check these out' {look on the right}...
just press the link
and zoom...you'll be in jill's world,
all the way to new zealand.

mr w
is doing a spring cleaning thing...
under the house today
with no 2 son!

another hooray
for monday!

hoping you're having a hooray! monday too...

naturally Carol  xox