Not Skirting Around The Issue At Hand

At the risk of flogging a dead horse skirt, here's a quick update on my Craft it Forward situation.

As I type this I've only had one taker. Lovely Tammi from little poppa.  This is your skirt Tammi. I know how much you love yellow so I'm crossing my fingers that you like what I came up with. I used a pretty vintage hanky to make the pocket

and I think it's very sweet.

I know some of you were concerned that your bottoms might be too big for a pillowslip skirt but there is actually plenty of fabric in one pillowslip to cover even the most luscious of bottoms. Honestly. So don't let that stop you.

this one is a goodbye pressie for a girl I work with

(she's off to the mines - everybody in the West seems to be heading North these days...)

pretty little cross-stitch doiley pocket

They are a tad on the short side, but that's where tights come in handy. Right. 

The finished length actually depends on the size of the pillowlip and not all vintage 'slips are the same size. Some are bigger than others. If you're tall and want to keep your privates private (and let's face it who wouldn't!) I can use a bigger pillowslip or add an extra piece of fabric. Easy.

this was a lovely pillowslip (it looks like it was screen-printed) and I think it makes an even lovelier skirt...

And remember if one of these little skirts isn't for you there's always the kiddo option...I've got some lovely Holly Hobbie pillowslips which would make the sweetest little skirts...oh and one made of flanelette, pink with deers, which would look very cute on a little girl with chubby legs, just learning to walk...

this one is for a little girl mad about ballet

I

hope

she likes it 

Lastly I want to mention that there's no hurry to repay your c.i.f. debt. It's taken me more than four months, probably five, to get to this point. If you want to play along do it when the time is right for you. No biggie (I have never used this expression before, but it sums it up perfectly...)

this one's for my A (you know, my ardent feminist) she chose the 'slip and it's my favourite so far. It's quite faded and I really like that...

how gorgeous is this old doiley...

I am not a crafty person and this is not a crafty blog. You all know how easy these skirts are right? What I'm trying to say is your c.i.f. thingy doesn't need to be fancy or elaborate...it can be anything as long as you make it yourself.

O.k. I've done the hard sell, I'll leave it with you...there are four skirts available, please give it some thought.

more details here

Sorry. All skirted out.

Thanks Kel, Claire, Mel and Bron. Yay!

x

Oh and a quick but heartfelt thank you to Tam and Loo for the lovely "ladies" they sent me

my little bookcase is groaning! last count 63 lovelies (a group of ladybirds is called a loveliness btw. perfect. thanks Tam)