I found this beautiful peacock fabric last summer at a local fabric shop. I didn’t know what to do with it but I couldn’t walk away with out, so I compromised by only buying one yard. That was a big mistake because of course everything I could think of to make with it after I got it home required MORE than one yard of fabric. Sigh… But finally I decided that it absolutely had to be a skirt, and since one yard of fabric does not make a respectable skirt for a size 10 mama I had to get creative. I used a thrift-store cream-colored sheet to help me out, fabric-wise, and then there are a couple oddly-place seams in this skirt, but I think that with such a bold pattern you don’t really notice. I jazzed up the cream band at the bottom by adding interesting stitches in various colors of thread. This was a very ad hoc project, with a seam here and some ruffles there and is this enough fabric to go around my rear end? But it turned out pretty well and I wore it this weekend with a cream-colored sweater and boots and I loved it. I’m hoping it’ll be equally at home with a t-shirt and sandals this summer.
Jan30
wow you have a real talent for dressmaking, I think the different fabrics makes it look more shop bought in a good way if you know what I mean. Love the fabric I would not have been able to resist either!
OMG! I have a peacock obsession…are you available for commissioned work? It’s really, really pretty and you will rock it!
Thank you both! Shannon, the fabric was at Hancock. You could totally follow an online skirt tutorial! This could be your inspiration. 🙂