Oh Happy Day!

Look what I saw peeping out of the garden today!  GARLIC!!

This is the garlic Michelle gave me last summer.

It looks so happy!

And in the opposite corner of the garden,the chives are growing up already.

And...Marco bein' silly!

A shirt for a skirt

The top part is one of Pierre's old button-downs, the denim is actually from a duvet cover, and the sleeves are the 4 sleeves from the two t-shirts.

Sleeve details. I had to add on extra fabric at the sides so I hand stitched it to add some  pretty detail.  Then I thought they were a bit big so I cinched them up in the middle and bottom.

A little embellishing with leftover fabric.

What do you think?  It is a nice pattern but I cut out a size M and had to take it in a lot.  Next time I can make the XS!

The finished skirt

Here is the completed project.  Now I have made some plans for a shirt to wear with it.

Here is the detail of all the reverse appliqué. I think I will add an underskirt with some jersey fabric that I bought a while back.  The t-shirt is a bit thin and the stitching is scratchy on my knees!

I had to take the side seam in to fit the waist band.  I felled all the seams and it came out really neat. Also I didn't have enough fabric for the waist band so it's half and half. It fits though and that's always a plus, right!?