a finish and a rediscovery

Toward the end of last year Thorpe and Co had a bit of a fabric sale

i grabbed three different fabrics to make some skirts

this is the first of the three skirts

it is made in an 

Amy Butler fabric

i think it looks really fresh and summery

(shame about the old wobbly legs coming out the bottom)

i tried to make it look really professional and double top stitched the side seams

put an invisible zipper in

and added a little detail to the bottom

the bottom detail

a bias hem

way way back in July 2011 i attended a workshop

i blogged about it here

for the past 18 months this project was shelved in it's little box

waiting . . . . 

so out she came and i had a little play

and it is back on the sewing cabinet

and my motivation to get some work done on it is at an all time high

unfortunately for my rediscovered project

Today i dropped Victoria (my sewing machine)

off for a service at Thorpe and co (the service centre in Newcastle for Bernina's)

for her first service

so i have to go dig out my old trusty Betsy (Brother sewing machine)

hope she is still happy to play with me otherwise it might be a long 3 wks till 

Victoria returns

how often do you get your machine serviced?

hope your hands are working on something that you love

Ciao