Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Mod Mini Skirt Project: Purple Textured Polyester





Have been very lazy about sewing lately. It seems that as my social life improves, my sewing life goes to pot. Ah, well, such is life. We only have so many hours in a day.


I did want to share another mini-skirt project that I completed. I made this purple mini skirt out of a vintage polyester that I found online. The texture kind of reminds me of stucco. I love all the different textures on old polyester fabrics. Seems now days most polyesters you can buy don't have much in the way of texture.


I also made this skirt with the idea of emulating a picture I found in one of my old Simplicity pattern counter catalogs. I had the striped shirt but all I needed was the skirt! I'm really pleased with the result and like the idea of pairing stripes with solids. Will need to make more solids in the future.


Happy sewing!
Astrid

Friday, September 9, 2011

Twiggy...the Board Game!

Okay, so this isn't a sewing related post, but it is a fun, 1960's post. Recently, I was able to acquire a pretty fun "Twiggy" collectible...a board game! I'm not sure how you play it but it has a fun and fashionable mod design and as the front cover promises it makes "every girl, like Twiggy, the Queen of Mod."

Maybe I'll play it soon and report back...then again, err, probably not!


Happy sewing!
Astrid