Grey circle skirt
Once I started on my second bias-print knit long winter skirt in October, I decided to raid my fabric stash for a few more fabrics that would work well for a long winter skirt. These are amazing to wear over leggings (especially thermal leggings) in the winter, as they add that little bit extra insulation against the cold.
Along with tan wool, green twill, and a few other fabrics, I also pulled out this lovely grey wool suiting as well.
Twirling in the snow in my blue and grey bias-printed plaid skirt
In October 2022 I popped into Marshall’s Fabric in Edmonton while up there for a conference. While there, I picked up some bias-print plaid low-stretch knitwear fabric, which is similar to the plaid printed fabric I made a long skirt with a while back.
I have been wanting more long skirts for cooler weather, and since I love the existing one so much for winter over thermal leggings, I decided to buy 3 meters to do the same with this one.
I took the fabric, along with my pattern to the Maker Space to use their big tables (much nicer than using my living room floor!) and cut it out. I also used their serger for the side and back seams, and to edge the hem.
Brown wool circle skirt
Yes… I made yet another circle skirt!
I grabbed this brown wool out of my stash. I originally bought this at the grandmother’s sale for about a dollar per meter.
This is one of those fabrics that I didn’t really have allocated for any other project, so in my goal of making up some skirts, it was easy to grab instead of one of the other fabrics I might have really wanted to use for a specific project.
Dark green circle skirt (and my cute graveyard witches hat!)
In an earlier post I talked about getting on a circle-skirt making binge, making a number of skirts largely for winter wear. These work really well for staying warmer in the winter, layered over leggings – especially thermal leggings.
After making one, I decided to raid my fabric stash for a few more fabrics that would work well for a long circle skirt.
I grabbed this green cotton twill suiting out of my stash. I’m not entirely sure where I originally got it from – it could have been something I picked up at a grandmother’s fabric sale, but more likely it was one of the fabrics that was gifted to me a number of years ago from a former teacher.
This is one of those fabrics that I didn’t really have allocated for any other project, so in my goal of making up some skirts, it was easy to grab instead of one of the other fabrics I might have really wanted to use for a specific project.
Conference t-shirt alteration
In October 2022 I went to a conference and the producers gave me a conference t-shirt that had been designed just for the event. Funny enough, the regular t-shirts were cheaper than the tank tops, so although I don’t really love t-shirts… I ordered a super large t-shirt with the plan to alter it to suit me better.
Of course… probably the only place I’ll WEAR the conference shirt is at the conference (and I’m not sure if I’ll be lucky enough to be able to go again next year) so that meant it needed a same-day alteration.
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