Friday 20 September 2013

Sew there you go ...

My mate, Mrs C and I meet up every Tuesday.

Sometimes we meet at the shops ... and spend money.  Sometimes we meet for lunch ... and eat food.

Recently we decided to meet at my place and have a sewing bee.

It was decided that we would each make a skirt ... the same skirt.

So we went to "Spotlight" and deliberated long and hard over the pros and cons of each and every skirt pattern ... before deciding on this one.


We liked the A-line cut and the way it sat lower on the hips.

We each deliberated long and hard over our fabric choice ... until finally I chose this one ... alas I did not get a photo of Mrs C's fabric choice.  The very best thing about this fabric was not only the retro charm ... but the fact that it was reduced to $3.00 a metre.  Mrs C's fabric was a whole $16 a metre and I'm still feeling rather smug over that.


Then we met up the following Tuesday to get this plan underway.

Mrs C has a particular sewing style ... which does not necessarily complement my own.

She thumbs her nose at such things as tailor's tacks ... she scoffs at the suggestion of cutting notches.  She poo poohs the existence of instruction sheets and declares measuring things to be a waste of time.

It's enough to make me break out in hives.

So we cut out our fabric ... and I even managed to snip a few sneaky notches into mine.


Mrs C likes to live on the wild side ... and so decided she would amend her skirt a little ... by adding a previously non existent zip ... and shortened it by cutting off the bottom in a carefree, non measured way.

My eyelid started to twitch.

I like to live on the safe side ... so I followed the instructions ... religiously.



Fast forward a couple of days and our skirts were complete.

Mrs C declared hers a disaster ... and swore it will never see the light of day again.

Mine turned out to be straight ... not at all A-Line ... and sits on my waist and not my hips ... and will never see the light of day again.

Except for this shot.


And the moral of the story ... well there is no moral ... except that next week we will definitely meet for lunch and eat food!

15 comments:

  1. lol that's hysterical!! Eating food and shopping....best idea....you can buy a skirt ready made then ...go figure, i'm smart me! how the hell did you manage to follow all the instructions and end up with a straight skirt...was Mrs c sabotaging you behind your back or perhaps the twitching eye was blinding you to a certain percentage of the instructions! either way it's kinda funny!

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    1. I don't know ... how the hell did I end up with a straight skirt whilst religiously following the instructions. I sense sabotage ... just not sure who's ;0)
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  2. I think it's cool! Don't chuck it out, it's fixable! xxx

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    1. I could always turn it into a placemat ... or a coaster ;0)
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    2. Hahahaha! It's been done before . . . :-)

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  3. Mrs C seems to have the same approach as me, I tend to view instructions as a hindrance! nonetheless your skirt is a triumph! the pattern is delicious and the skirt is fab! wear it again! x x

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    1. I still love the fabric ... but as for the skirt ... I've lost that loving feeling ;0)
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  4. I have a tendency to wing it, but mainly because I can't understand the instructions half of the time... I must say your skirt looks nothing like the illustration on the pattern, which is very funny! For me, if not for you. Sorry.
    Anyway, that will teach you both. Shop. Eat. Don't sew. xxxx

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    1. It totally, 100% looks NOTHING like the picture ... which IS kind of funny. I'm just glad my investment wasn't too large ... if I'd picked the gold, diamond encrusted lame ... I'd be thoroughly cheesed off ;0)
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  5. that was just delightful, I used to sew all the time, started reading your post and thought oh maybe I will have another go till I read through to the end, still laughing, beautiful story, thanks. xxx Rae

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    1. I'm sure things turn out the way they are supposed to when you sew them Rae. Something definitely went a little awry with mine though :0)
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  6. im finally havin a bloggy catch up.....Hi how ya been??...just wondering if youd like to buy 2 children.....who am I kidding they are free!!....sewing is a tad overrated....lunching with girlfriends.....priceless!! x

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    1. Hey the holidays haven't officially started yet ... I always try to make it to Day One before I put mine up for sale ;0)
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  7. I think it's very cute! Very cute. Cherries! Keep wearing it.

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    1. I'm hoping I've got enough fabric left over to try something different ... because the fabric IS very cute :0)
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