Monday, November 7, 2011

finally- some skirts!

my momma loves me. she does. this weekend she picked up a bunch of patterns at a yard sale for me, and she did a great job picking them out! i've already made two skirts today using this one!
simplicity 7995

the first one i made was with this awesome horse fabric i got from the horder house last year-


you KNOW i have the best boots ever to go with this!

i did a little top stitching on the sides. the insides are all serged edges, but i thought it would have more of a blue-jean feel with this on the sides! 

 the print almost matched enough on this seam that all of the horses just look like martians


the second skirt is in a really nice print i think (if i remember right) is alexander henry... but i really might be remembering wrong. anywho, my friend lacee gave it to me earlier this year with a whole MESS of zippers, buttons and threads she had accumulated over the years.


this one is my favorite 

this pattern has a great shape to it. they are like, just between a pencil and an a line. i took in the bottom for a more shapely silhouette... i just have a real big booty so it doesn't quite look it here! 
so here are the other patterns momma got me:
 


 


 


 
the last two are my favorites of the bunch.... and i think that the vogue pattern is going to be made from this fabric i got last week from my secret san antonio fabric spot!


in other news- i have been working on this dress all day also, and was wondering if you guys might have a better idea of the date on it. i really wanna say 1940's... but i am not 100% on that. what do you think?
this is gonna be real nice when i'm done...


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6 comments:

  1. KatherineNovember 7, 2011 at 5:40 PM

    WOW! I love the horsey skrit! Thank you for opening my eyes to the awesomeness of novetly prints. I need a horse or dog or cat skirt. ASAP.

    x
    Katherine

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  2. Faye LewisNovember 9, 2011 at 6:44 PM

    Your patterns almost took my breath away - for a moment!

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  3. BriNovember 9, 2011 at 9:33 PM

    Lucky you, these patterns are great and I love the fabrics you used to make your skirts, the horse fabric is my favorite!

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  4. khristie BNovember 11, 2011 at 1:33 AM

    I love a horse skirt.
    http://www.thegrandsocial.com.au/milk-from-a-thistle/bottoms/sophia-silk-skirt--stallion-print#
    I have been drooling over this one.

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  5. wundermaryNovember 21, 2011 at 11:18 AM

    Hi! Cruised over from Sew Retro and just taking a look at what you are up to!

    Style dating can be tricky, can't it? A.W. 3831 might be late 40s or early 50s; hard to say. How full is the skirt, really? A good clue will lie there. Even though the New Look happened in the late 40s, skirts didn't get really full for the average person right away. Especially considering this is a mail order pattern and not a high-end like Vogue, I'd say their market was more on the frugal side. I'd hedge towards the early 50s.

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  6. KitteeBeeJanuary 16, 2012 at 1:35 AM

    dying to know how the vogue pattern is working....
    xo
    kittee

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