and round and round we go

Posted on October 9, 2006 by mariko

I went on a bit of a sewing hiatus. I thought about sewing, but I just wasn’t motivated to physically engage in it. Luckily, I kicked that malaise this weekend.

circle skirt.JPG
The pattern is from the latest Japanese sewing book I got, another skirt book, but this one is not by Machiko Kayaki. I used a heavy black rayon, and the skirt is cut on the bias, so it drapes pretty nicely. The skirt in the book isn’t lined, but I decided to line it so I can wear it in the winter with tights (the lining is bright turquoise!). I spent Saturday afternoon embroidering those circles. I’m not very adept at handwork, so let’s just say my circles are a bit on the, ahem, primitive side.

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24 Responses to and round and round we go

  1. sally says:
    October 9, 2006 at 21:01

    Super cute skirt!

  2. jiru says:
    October 9, 2006 at 21:34

    Ooh, I love this one. Even Peter couldn’t have had anything bad to say about this one, surely! 🙂 And the embroidery is lovely.

  3. Sasha says:
    October 9, 2006 at 21:34

    I gasped when I saw it! It looks great, ooh, I’m so jealous, I have put my circle skirt on the back burner. (Too many projects!) Your skirt is so fabulous, great work! Your circles look just fine, circles are hard, mine are all crookedy.

  4. Daphne says:
    October 9, 2006 at 21:36

    lovely! the circles look perfect from here.
    I poured over the books at the Uwajimaya bookstore (Kinokura?) here in Seattle and was totally intimidated by anything resembling a full-on sewing book. Good thing they had Cotton Time to rescue me… there are some human-sized sewing patterns but I have to tell you, at the Joann’s they act like they’ve never heard of pattern tracing paper. I will have to go farther afield.

  5. melissa f. says:
    October 9, 2006 at 21:45

    ooooh… aaaaah… go you with the handwork and the modest length …

  6. melissa f. says:
    October 9, 2006 at 21:45

    ooooh… aaaaah… go you with the handwork and the modest length …

  7. lisa c says:
    October 9, 2006 at 22:13

    that’s really pretty, makes you look really tall!

  8. Anjali says:
    October 10, 2006 at 01:18

    So pretty! And I love the idea of the turquoise lining. Nicely framed picture, by the way. At first I thought this was a picture of the book’s picture of the skirt (if that makes any sense).

  9. amisha says:
    October 10, 2006 at 04:18

    i love it! that’s my favorite skirt length… and the circles look really good! did you use a compass? they’re very evenly circular 🙂

  10. Terry says:
    October 10, 2006 at 06:16

    What a wonderful idea you did on the skirt – I like the look. All the sewing books you’ve shown are great, I think the styles won’t get dated too soon 🙂

  11. Silvia says:
    October 10, 2006 at 06:56

    Very charming skirt! I love your idea of a crazy lining.

  12. carolyn says:
    October 10, 2006 at 06:58

    it is damn cute!

  13. Gina says:
    October 10, 2006 at 07:35

    Fantastic. The circles look very pretty.

  14. megan says:
    October 10, 2006 at 08:21

    tres fashionable!

  15. alison says:
    October 10, 2006 at 08:51

    This is great, and I love that the lining is bright. Brava!

  16. Ali says:
    October 10, 2006 at 09:08

    Mariko, that is my favorite skirt yet!

  17. hannah says:
    October 10, 2006 at 09:22

    dont we get a peek at the lining? thank goodness for primitive, right?

  18. Julia MacRobbie says:
    October 10, 2006 at 15:23

    That came out so well! I love it, and I love the navy color and mary janes 😉

  19. amy k. says:
    October 10, 2006 at 16:06

    frikken awesome!!!!

  20. Tracy says:
    October 11, 2006 at 01:07

    Terrific skirt—those circles really make it! Great color too. And love the idea of the secret turquoise lining! Happy Days! :o)

  21. Tracy says:
    October 11, 2006 at 02:34

    Terrific skirt—those circles really make it! Great color too. And love the idea of the secret turquoise lining! Happy Days! :o)

  22. Cat says:
    October 11, 2006 at 08:36

    Simply gorgeous!! Very, very nice.

  23. melissa says:
    October 11, 2006 at 15:22

    The embroidery looks great and so does the skirt!

  24. carolb says:
    October 14, 2006 at 09:41

    I think the circles look just fine!

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