April 30th, 2009

I made my first skirt!

The conclusion of Christine Haynes’ first class at The U.C.C, the Ruffled Skirt, was truly a great success. While we have been open for almost 6 months now, building a strong community takes time, and every person who learns something new in our space is a celebration of the crafting community we so eagerly invite everyone interested to be a part of.

I learned a lot from this project; I sew slowly, I like to mix seemingly discordant patterns together and make it work. I’m not a big fan of ironing. :-) I was glad that at one point, Christine noticed this and made me go backwards a step to re-iron a hemline. It made the project look more flawless and ended up saving me time at the end. She really does pay attention to details – thanks Christine!

I used my first order of Spoonflower fabric in this project (the blue, design by my partner in craft, Champ. See sewing blog post #1 for further info about Spoonflower). It turned out great and is truly a custom piece of work!

Voila! Here are our finished pieces. If you’ve been wondering whether sewing experience is enough to make an actual piece of clothing, I hope my testament gives you encouragement to try it out. Making fun and useful things yourself brings confidence and lots of happiness. Create! Create! Create!

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