30 minute skirt

Again a bit tardy on the blogging but I have been sewing lately.

Today I had a bit of time, and after a crappy week I wanted to make something nice and bright for a bit of cheer.

After a quick trip to Ikea I found this fabulous Swedish fabric and got to making a 30 minute skirt.

This skirt has an elastic waist so is incredibly simple to make.

I took the instructions from my Sew What! skirt book.

kimono for me

After making a kimono for little IW I thought about making one for me. I have something similar that I bought a while ago and I’ve been wearing it to work all summer.

Last time the Den girls were together I spent ages trying to do some maths to work out the measurements for adapting the child’s kimono into an adult’s top.

I would have spent an hour thinking about it (maths is not my strong point and after a long day and a glass of wine… it was never going to happen)  PG took the instructions from the Long Thread tutorial and worked it out in about 3 minutes.

Well she was pretty much right and I finished my top this evening – and I have to say I am a bit pleased.  It turned out pretty well – in fact I’m going to wear it tomorrow to work.

There is something so satisfying about wearing something you made yourself.