One of my favorite blogs is www.newdressaday.com. Marisa always comes up with the most fascinating re-creations of outdated/oversized/just plain ugly dresses. She turns these rejects into fashion statements!
In honor of Marisa's creations, I took a bag of polyester squares that I inherited from my Gamy. Gamy is my Mom's mother. She has always been a huge inspiration to me... I just adore her.
When I went to visit for her 80th birthday in October, I was able to bring many of her crafting supplies home with me to continue her legacy in sewing. One of the things I acquired was a plastic bag of small polyester squares. These pieces are from clothes my Mom and her sisters wore as well as my cousins and I. She cut all the squares and then when her hands got too stiff and painful, she had to set these aside. I grabbed them up and decided to test out my brand new serger.
I started whipping these little squares together into long rows and then put the rows together...
... and made the cutest scrappy quilt skirt! I wore it today to church and out to lunch and got the best compliments. Not only is it an original, fun, colorful skirt, it's a great reminder of my loved ones and happy memories. I was aiming to get this finished to be able to wear to the Atlanta Sewing Expo this week... and JUST made it. Yay for my new serger!!
So here it is!! How fun is this??
Thanks, Gamy... for the fabric... and inspiration. I love you.
