Skirt Marathon 1

After succeeding in my first attempt with skirt (S is for Skirt), I made 2 more skirts for my lovely friends; an expert photographer  and a successful baker. Both skirts are tiered skirts.

Unfortunately, the skirts were not really a success this time. One is a bit loose at the waist; another is a bit tight at hip. More and more practice needed obviously. My version of tiered skirt is rather boring, don’t you think so? Each skirt was made using the same fabric design. I should try mixing it with at least 2 designs. Hmm, okay will gonna try this again one day.

Oh, this is the book that helped me a lot in making these skirts. I love it because:

•        there’s a guide on how to take measurement
•        consist lots of explanations on each method featured in the book
•        you can mix n match i.e. whether you want elastic or zipper waist band
•        and what’s more interesting is that you don’t have to trace any patterns!!

But I must warn you, if you don’t enjoy reading long-winded, picture-less instructions, you probably would want to try other books ;)

:)

S is for Skirt

The first skirt I have ever made was during secondary school. It was a knee length skirt with floral pattern fabric. This was one of the projects for Kemahiran Hidup and to be honest, I don’t really like this subject.. because the teacher made me hate it. Here’s one of the stories.

One day I was late for KH because I had to help carry some books to the teachers’ room (only a few minutes late and that was the first time). My KH teacher locked the sewing room and didn’t let me and my 3 girlfriends in. Frustrated was I bcos I thought I can continue sewing that day! (I didnt have a machine at home). She was very very angry I could even hear her yelling to our classmates in that room. Madness.. Somehow I was glad she locked the door! So since we couldn’t go anywhere else, we just sat outside having a picnic next to the KH garden, enjoying the lazy afternoon breeze with a nice green view.. that was a great ‘escape’ ;).. Well yeah, I managed to finish the skirt on time, half heartedly.

Anyway, I’ve decided to try sewing skirts again now. Tiered this time.



Following my success of sewing a beautiful skirt (now stop rolling your eyes at me! haha), I made another 2 tiered skirts for my pretty nieces.

 

Triple happy ending woohoo!!