Skorting On!

I mentioned it during Me Made May 19, but I’ve been wearing a white flower skort to skating practice regularly. This particular skort isn’t actually officially finished yet, although I do not see it becoming actually finished ever. This has not stopped me from wearing it. The thing that makes it incomplete is that the waistband is a single unfinished layer made of two pieces that were supposed to become a double layer finished waistband. I even wore it during our most recent roller derby tournament.

 

Last weekend, I was very productive and made another skort from some scuba type stuff that has been in the stash since I finished this item. Said dress is no longer in the collection but a square leftover piece was. So I cut out another of the straight skorts from those remains. This version has additional panels in the back and a thinner front piece to move the pockets further to the front. It also has a self waistband on the outside. On the inside is a thin mesh knit that also form the shorts.

For the first time, I hemmed the shorts, so we’ll see what that does. This skort is finished with some twin-needling on the pockets and waistband. When I wore it around the house on Sunday it was very comfortable.

It seems that I’ll be skorting all day long again. – I’m still amazed that the addition of some shorts under a skirt can totally remove my reluctance to wear that skirt. Skorts are the best!

Scuba-dress

When one visits the market and finds a bit of fabric that feels like a wetsuit but has giant blue flowers one it, one naturally has to buy it. Right, right? That’s what I thought anyways. I wanted an easy dress with a drawstring waist so that’s what I (sort of) made. I used the t-shirt pattern from 3 hours past/cake because of the cut on sleeves. In hindsight I probably should have chosen a shirt pattern that I had actually made before, since I don’t really like the shape of this one. I haven’t worn my dress out yet, and summer is almost over. It should suffice as a beach cover up though, so maybe it will come in use still, you never know.

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Front and the insides, with pockets!

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Simple neckline and cut on sleeves and the drawstring at the waist. It’s a bit baggy at the waist so I don’t think it’s muchos flattering, but maybe I’m wrong. You never know.

This was part of a series of projects I finished on a Saturday a while ago but I’ve been busy (and lazy) and didn’t feel like posting much. So soon you’ll see the last entry of that Saturday’s creative outburst and I’ll be almost free off backlogged pictures!