I have an upcoming birthday party to attend. I also just found out we’re supposed to dress appropriate to “our favorite decade”. Well……I narrowed my favorite looks down to the “sock-hops of the 50’s” OR the “flower-child of the 60’s”. After a cruise through the local thrift store to see what I could find, it was clear it was going to be the 1950s. I found a plain black sweater (I decided to add the sparkly “L”) and a gingham checked shirt. Good start, but I’d need a circle skirt (I guess I could have done a pair of cropped “petal pushers” instead…..). I bought 5 yards of red broadcloth for the skirt (no real plan here, just mentally thinking 4 times the length of a skirt, plus an extra yard, just in case), a zipper, a piece of black felt and red sequin trim (for the “L” applique).
Saturday night, I glued the sequin trim to the black felt in the shape of an “L” and let it dry overnight.
Sunday, I dusted off my sewing machine (that’s what happens if you don’t use it often enough…..) and proceeded to come up with a plan for the circle skirt. After a few searches on Pinterest, I found this Circle Skirt Calculator. It was really helpful, although, I did have to make a few adjustments to my skirt because of the width (45″) of my fabric. After, I got the waist measurement half circle drawn out onto the fabric, I measured out the length and cut out the skirt. When the cutting was finished, I was surprised how quickly the skirt sewed up (mostly because I haven’t done much sewing lately)! So fast, that I’m actually thinking I might need a knit circle skirt in my “real” wardrobe! I then cut around the “L” applique and sewed it onto the sweater.
I’m going to wear a pair of white Ked’s type tennies (If I had the time and patience, there’s a cute tutorial to make Saddle shoes from a pair of tennies) and bobby socks. We’ll see how it goes, but this should work.
Have you sewn anything fun lately?
Happy Sewing!
Lori
