A Skirt and two Knock offs

Dear Readers,
It's nice when someone likes your sewing so much that they say "Please make me something." It is even better when they end up wearing the garments a lot. Now I do realize there are blogs whose by-line is "I only sew for Me me Me" notably the very talented and knock-off proficient Selfish Seamstress whose increasingly sporadic posts I avidly consume as soon as they appear. I agree with her sentiment of I only want to sew clothes for me! But even Ms Selfish has on occasion sewn for others. Would she be able to resist requests from her own offspring?
Which leads me to my humble offering of this post. Guess which is the original skirt and which are the knockoffs..

The grey skirt is the original.

It is made from a stretch woven and my daughter wanted it in ponti. I traced the admittedly simple shape of the skirt and yoke and came up with this.

I've had mixed results with attempted knock offs in the past and I've found that I have to go by the finished measurements of the garment, not the person for whom it is intended, especially when it is your daughter wanting the exact fit. Here's the result.

 Please excuse the end of day wrinkles (the skirts, not mine!) Now I'm off to sew something for me...

Friday Ramblings

A giant bird shat on my car yesterday. Going by what it left behind it must have been the size of a frekin vulture.

I don't have work today. Eventually I'll get off my ass and sew something . Or clean something.

The dog was acting like a teenage idiot during his walk this morning, trying to go anywhere but where I wanted him to go. Sometimes I feel like I'm in the movie 'Marly and Me'. He's usually good though.

London is alive with the Queen's Jubilee celebrations and pre-olympic fever. Sigh.

I want to go hiking in Iceland. See the midnight sun in Norway. Explore the Greek islands.

I don't want to clean the oven.

All in good time.

I'd rather have people say 'What is she wearing?' than blend into the furniture.

It doesn't get really cold enough here to dress up properly, just enough to feel it! I'm going to sew a new short winter coat regardless.

Tomorrow I'll get my daughter to model a little skirt she asked me to make.

Here is a shot or two of my favourite bit of (almost) local coastline..

Happy Friday everyone.

Photos: Top looking toward Austinmeer,
             Bottom Sea Cliff Drive, part of the coastal route between Sydney and Wollongong

Burda 7220 Origami Top

Hello people,
I've been having adventures in Burda land. I've finally gotten around to posting a review of a work that has been in progress for a while because I made it then had to alter it, this cute but a bit strange top.

Burda 7220

This shot shows the construction of the front piece, which is really a slightly cowl neck front with centre width added.

The back has a yoke and asymetrical pleat.

During these shots I had a choice of too much afternoon sun or too much shade. Here is an adventure in time lapse photography complete with help from the dog..BTW almost-winter here means a chance to ditch the sandals and actually get a chance to wear little boots, and I was wearing a t-shirt under the smock but it's lovely to have warm sunshine all year round!

I've written a review and here is the link because I find it takes time for it to show on my Pattern Review sidebar.. Pattern Review of Burda 7220

On other matters my daughter saw a pattern I had from the early 90's for some rather extreme happy pants (nappy pants? poo catchers?) that used to embarrass the heck out of her when I made them up in a breezy cotton and wore them all that summer. I even had big hair.

This style was revived several years ago and doesn't seem to have completely died yet. They are so simple (the back and front are exactly the same) and really comfortable in hot weather so who knows .. if I find a piece of lightweight batik next summer..
Anyway DD asked me to make her some pyjama pants out of flannel using this pattern. A trip to Spotlight and a scrap purple knit resulted in these and a very happy DD, who wants some more. If I am not careful she may end up wearing them in public.

Happy sunday everyone.