Tuesday, March 23, 2010

The tale of A Little High Waist Skirt

Once upon a time a little girl wanted a floral high waist skirt form one of those yukky chain store.
Luckily she had a very clever mum who never threw anything out.
That clever mum was able to hunt through her patterns from when she was a girl (1986 see pattern below) & her fabric stash to find just the right ditsy floral print for the perfect skirt.
So they sat together and created a most magnificent skirt that cost nothing but time & love.
Now that little girls wears that skirt when ever she can.( And when that little girl is being a right pain her mum can sit and smile remembering the time they made a skirt).
X Kerri
Vintagesewandso
PS: she's not so little she's a teenager.


8 comments:

  1. The skirt turned out really cute, and what a sweet time with your daughter.

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  2. Cute skirt!! Plus, how wonderful that you and your daughter could spend this time making something together. I am sure memories were made along with the skirt!

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  3. oh i know the chain shops you speak of haha
    - my preteen niece always wants to shop there and my sister just rolls her eyes haha
    it came out great!! well done and such pretty fabric too!!

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  4. sooooooo damn sweet!!! it's beautiful!!! with a belt/sandals or wedges..eeek!!! xoxoox

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  5. I'm sure if I look through my pattern collection I also have newspaper patterns dating from 1986....how satisfying for you to be able to use it now for your daughter....and it looks great!

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  6. See, it pays to hang onto these classic patterns!

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  7. I have a lot of my mum's old patterns from the 70's. There are some awesome designs in there.
    Ky

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  8. Very cute post Kerri.
    The skirt turned out nice.

    And Thanks so much for ur congrats, i'll have to get back to u on that cake.
    Dont think i let a chance like that pass me by.;)

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