the pattern & fabric...

so back in january...i was forced challenged by a very good friend of mine into making a skirt...here is the challenge as it transpired...and so to keep myself accountable...i decided i would blog about my experience...throughout the whole process...

well...i can't believe it has been a month already...and today...we finally got together...and picked out the pattern...so this is what we are attempting... =)



we both love mixing patterns...so we decided to make it fun...well...i have to admit...it started out as fun...looking at all the lovely fabric...there was a bit of sticker shock...because of course...the fabrics we loved...were very very expensive...



i won't tell you which belongs to me...and which belongs to my girlfriend...but these are the fabric choices that we selected together for both of us...



the pic above doesn't show up well as far as the mixing of patterns...however the fabric on the left has a nice shimmer of all the colors that are very vivid on the right...

so...that fun i was telling you about? i think we both left the fabric store with pounding headaches...but we managed to finally find the matching thread...zipper...facing...etc...

and we realized...we would never make it on project runway...but...this is our challenge...and we will go forth...and conquer...well...at least that is the goal...

which fabric combination is your favorite?

the challenge...

i've been talking about wanting to try my hand at sewing for quite some time...truth be told...i've been nervous to start...as the last time i sewed something...well...it was back in high school...and that was many many many years ago...although...at that time...i remember sewing a pantsuit...a pantsuit that fit me very well...

i wonder where that went? wish i still had it...but i digress...

one of my closest friends...has sewn occasionally...curtains...things like that...and one of the complaints that her & i always have...is finding that "oh so perfect" skirt in that "oh so perfect" fabric...that only exists in our head...so for the longest time we have been saying just that...we should make it ourselves...

well...saying it and doing it are two completely different things...at least for me...but...my girlfriend also knows that i am very competitive...and so...she in her brilliance...presented to me the challenge...

and of course...she knew i wouldn't say no...

so...we have decided to start with a pencil skirt...i think the judge will be my own mamacita...since she has been a seamstress her whole life...of course...i won't tell my mamacita that one of the participants is me...just to keep it fair...although i know in my heart of hearts that she would be fair...

so i am posting it on the blog...i guess to keep me accountable...

we have decided on the item...i guess next step will be finding a pattern that we both agree on...although i'm thinking...i need to start with the basics...like threading the sewing machine...although...i have been told...over and over...that it is like riding a bike...once i start...it will all come back to me...well...we shall see...

i'm super nervous...but excited for the challenge...any tips for me?

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