I must say that it is MUCH EASIER using a small ruler to trim the half-square triangles, and I have just ten left to trim, and them I am done this step.
It's been extremely warm for the past few days - and certainly too hot for my other hobby, or going for a run, or house cleaning, pushing the vac round etc etc, , and I really didn't fancy quilt-wrestling with the concentric triangles on Mum's Quilt.So on Sunday I dug out a very old skirt pattern and knocked this little number up from what used to be a curtain. It is the easiest pattern in the world (three pieces!), but I've never been an avid clothes maker, and it is probably twenty years since I last made anything, so I am pleased that it (a) fits and (b) looks ok.
Next challenge - turning a long sleeve T-shirt with a bleach-mark on the sleeve into a short sleeve T-shirt...
Cute skirt!!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Wilma! It was certainly cooler making the skirt than quilting that day.
DeleteVery chic and a nice way to stay cool. We've been having a warmer than usual spell, too, but should be more comfortable later this week.
ReplyDeleteHopefully your weather hasn't divebombed from 28 deg C (low 80s F) to 9 deg C (less than 50F) like ours has, Joanna - am resisting the temptation to put the heating on!
DeleteCute skirt! I'm not much of a clothes maker either, give me 1/4" seams that aren't so uhhhh! Though I agree three pieces would be okay and for the record it doesn't look that easy.
ReplyDeleteNonsense - you've made all sorts of great clothes, Liz! Mind you, the bigger seams on clothes-making look all 'wrong' after piecing for quilting!
DeleteVery nice skirt, looks cool, but I suspect it might be a bit dangerous in a strong breeze :).
ReplyDeleteYou're quite right, Ali - and I have to be careful bending down too,! Thought about weights in the hem, but figured I was unlikely to wear it in blowy weather...
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