Sometimes I wake up and stare at my computer screen for a full 30 minutes before coming up with what I want to write for my MMU post. Actually, scratch that, sometimes it’s a full hour to hour and a half. I don’t know why it’s so difficult to get these started in the winter- maybe it’s because life is going at a slower pace and I don’t always have some crazy “you won’t believe what happened over the weekend” sort of story to start things off with. So instead, I just go downstairs for my second or third cup of tea to delay the writing process. And then we end up with paragraphs like this that make you wish you could have the last 30 seconds of your life back. :).
As it turns out, my weekend WAS pretty eventful! We made the four-hour drive down to my Granny & Pawpaw’s house to spend a few days with my grandparents, and I decided to bring along a new sewing project that I was hoping my Granny could help me with. See, for Christmas, I received the most perfect blush pink tulle skirt, and I wanted to take a crack at making one of my own, but this time I wanted it to be cream-colored and a bit shorter. My Granny, being the excellent seamstress and quilter that she is, said to go ahead and bring the fabric and such with me and we’d do our best. I was of the mindset that the design seemed simple enough, so how hard could it be?
I comPLETELY overestimated my own capabilities when it comes to sewing, and it’s only thanks to my Granny’s mad skills that the skirt we produced came out as perfectly as it did. Thank the Lord I didn’t attempt this on my own because I would have wasted at least $40-50 in fabric. In the end, we managed to create one heck of a tulle skirt with no real pattern to go off of, and I’m pretty sure I’ve turned my grandmother off from ever using either satin or tulle again, due to it’s inherent nature of being difficult to work with. (Sorry again, Granny!)
So, in honor of our weekend of fabric-related challenges, I present: lessons learned/things that transpired over the past week:
I’ll be you’re hoping to see a photo of the skirt we made, aren’tcha? Well, you’re in luck- here’s an Instragram I posted yesterday!
Here’s to my Granny, the best grandmother in all the world!
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© ABBY GRACE PHOTOGRAPHY 2024
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I thought the skirt turned out perfect, especially in light of the fact that we ended up making a pattern. It looks beautiful on you. As always it was fun working on this project together. Now what is the next challenge? Love you.
That skirt is absolutely GORGEOUS! I hope to see you rocking it at United in two weeks! Ahhhh!
Jean, you remind me of my grandmother! She too loves a project and is not afraid to MacGyver something together herself from what she has lying around in lieu of something ready made for the job. And she too has mad sewing skills.
Very cool Abby! Ever since you first mentioned to make your own, I´m thinking about making one for myself as well. How fun would it be?
hihi.
~ Saluti.
That’s AWESOME!!
The skirt is beautiful! I may just have to get some tips from you at United to make my own!
You are so pretty!! The skirt is gorgeous, too 🙂 I’ve been coveting something just like it that I saw on pinterest. Nice job!