Bitchin' stitchin'

A selection of wrap skirts listed on Etsy over the last few days.

This one is from an op shopped length of retro green lusciousness. If there'd been a little more of it, I'd have made this for myself but it was just a tad scant.






Blue and green floral, from an op shopped sheet. I'm not sure it's actually vintage, but the motif harks back to the sixties/seventies. Pretty, anyway. I still have quite a bit of this one left to turn into something else. I wonder why the fabric stash never seems to diminish despite all my making? I've bought very little over the past two years but the pile is still humungous.

                                                                         
An op art-ish cotton skirt from a piece I bought on sale, though I can't remember if it was at Spotlight or Darn Cheap, who are exactly what their name says. I love this design.







                                                       

And this purple and white geometric pattern, made from a huge length of polyester I bought on Ebay about an eon ago. I try to use natural fibres, but sometimes a design will suck me in. I do like the geometric patterns. Bold is good.

It's a Wrap

I've gone a bit mad on wrap skirts. These are all made from stash fabric, mostly op shopped - I think the Miss Piggy one was from Ebay. All four are now on offer in my Etsy shop. I just adore the red and yellow floral, it's so in-your-face. I've made myself skirts from both the Miss Piggy and the green op art pieces, too. Miss Piggy features as a showgirl with Kermit appearing in multiples as the chorus boy - gorgeous!

In the spirit of Slow Stitching, I've taken care over the construction with french seams and enclosing all raw edges either within a hem or using bias binding - all the waists and hems are finished with toning bias binding, from my embarrassingly large stash of the stuff. They each fasten with vintage buttons and a press-stud (metal snap). I'm still trying to go the "use what I have" route, and all these garments fit that bill with fabric, thread, buttons, and bias binding on hand. I probably have enough of each of these fabrics to make something else, though perhaps not enough for another skirt - perhaps a tote bag. 

Random

I suspect I've posted this photo before, but my brain isn't functioning at the moment: I've been sick for almost a week, surviving on toast and cups of tea. Isn't Pye cute, though, even if it is a repeat? Bel dislikes the camera intensely (I'm sure she thinks "Why are you staring at me? Hmm. I think I will be...elsewhere", and pulls her disappearing act). So there are few snaps of the very photogenic little black girl in existence.

I've been steadily adding items to my Etsy shop again, wearables so far. I plan to put some art up shortly. Check it out, if you're so inclined, by clicking on the link at the top left of the blog.

Blogging as usual will resume once I've shaken whatever crud is afflicting me.

Fabric on my Etsy store

I have some fabric motifs listed in my Etsy shop - check them out by clicking on "My Etsy Shop" on the top right of the blog page.

They're screenprints of some of my drawings, made with fabric ink and heat fixed so they're safe to wash. Use 'em in quilts, to make totes, or clothes, or whatever takes your fancy!

I've kept some for myself to make a skirt with, if I ever get the time. Maybe after classes finish in November...