Sanity Sewing

Sometimes when a project is driving me mental, such as this one:

I need to either step out of the sewing room, or chuck the current unfinished project to the side and start a new, mindless, instantly gratifying piece of work.


I was admiring this Eileen Fisher skirt. It is over $150, side zipper, polyester taffeta, and very cute. I snooped around, tried it on, cocked my head, walked out of the store and muttered to myself, very arrogantly, "I can make that". Snap.

So, I looked for "stash scraps" and found duchesse satin for the body, silk organza for one of the ruffles, washed silk for another ruffle,enough duchesse satin for the last ruffle and baby blue bemberg lining. All from the stash, costing zero dollars.

It is cute and I plan on wearing it with a blue denim shirt, black tights and riding boots.

Now I have to get back to the project that led me to this one.....

Progress and Thinking

From behind:
She looks decent from behind.
The princess seams made fitting a dream.

From the front:
She needs serious pressing to eliminate the house coat look. I may even insert a waist band. I have to look at her for another 24 hours so I can figure out how to make this duckling into a swan.

She must be finished and out of the sewing room by the 31st. Vintage starts and I want Miss Oscar out of the sewing room.