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42itous ([personal profile] 42itous) wrote2015-10-14 07:54 am

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I just want to show off two more skirts, and then I'll move on to other subjects...

blue and yellow skirt

magenta and light green skirt

When I'm choosing fabric for a skirt, it has to be fabric that makes me say, "oooooh, I want that!" It can be hard to find two fabrics that both meet that requirement and look good together. Here are two examples where I bought the first fabric (the big blue peacock feathers in one skirt and the tiny magenta peacock feathers in the other) and then searched through many, many options before finding a match that I loved. (In case it isn't clear, this search is a task I love to do.) Choosing the color of grosgrain ribbon to cover the diagonal seam is a similar challenge on a smaller scale.

[identity profile] sweetmmeblue.livejournal.com 2015-10-14 11:57 am (UTC)(link)
I LOVE the blue one. Do you make them in sizes a woman of my size could wear?

[identity profile] 42itous.livejournal.com 2015-10-14 12:12 pm (UTC)(link)
They're modular, so yes! I've made skirts with seven, eight, and nine wedge panels, and could do more. I've also developed patterns of different lengths -- the red and turquoise skirt I posted yesterday was a petite, these are the original length, and I have a longer version too.

[identity profile] sweetmmeblue.livejournal.com 2015-10-14 12:13 pm (UTC)(link)
SQUEE!

[identity profile] londo.livejournal.com 2015-10-14 04:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, that one is awesome.

[identity profile] miraclaire.livejournal.com 2015-10-14 12:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Those are stunning!!

[identity profile] blueraccoon.livejournal.com 2015-10-14 07:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Do you have an online store anywhere? Also, do you take commissions? I would love to have a quilt from you for my office daybed.

[identity profile] 42itous.livejournal.com 2015-10-15 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
Yes! I take commissions -- I'll follow up by email.
mizarchivist: (Avatar- Bashful)

[personal profile] mizarchivist 2015-10-15 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
I think all the female-identified humans in my house need one. I will converse with you on this AFTER the weekend.

[identity profile] 42itous.livejournal.com 2015-10-15 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay! Maybe you can all match in some way... same colors, different prints... or same design print in different colors...

...waitasec, do you have female-identified NON-HUMANS in your house?
mizarchivist: (Dork)

[personal profile] mizarchivist 2015-10-15 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Hah- re: matching-- I was just trying to figure how to make us as least matchy as possible.

We have a LOT of stuffed animals, most of whom get dressed in all sorts of wacky outfits. I felt a need to differentiate.

[identity profile] asciikitty.livejournal.com 2015-10-16 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
I feel like "a LOT" does not convey the... magnitude of the stuffed animal army in our house.

[identity profile] asciikitty.livejournal.com 2015-10-16 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
Also, I suspect that at least one of the female-identified non-humans in our house would look fetching in one of those skirts, but that seems like a lot of extra work for very little reward.
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[personal profile] mizarchivist 2015-10-16 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
agreed