Today was a good sewing day

So glad you felt like getting some sewing done today. Barbara in SC where it is still 100 degrees after cooling down 1 degree

I would find it so difficult to live in an area that is so hot. We get a couple of weeks of bad weather and I'm done in. I've been this way most of my life. DH doesn't feel the heat much but he does understand how it makes me feel.Yesterday he played 18 holes of golf. Today he did his 5.5 mile walk and then played 9 holes of golf this afternoon, late. I'd be in the ER if I tried even one of those activities. Juno

Juno, I read your post out to my dh and he laughed. He has heard me so often flatly refuse to "pay that kind of money for a simple skirt!!"

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.

Sometimes you just have to be very firm with naughty projects! ;->

Link? I can't seem to locate it.

I'm happy for you. :-)

Never, mind, some googling found it:

Great, thanks! Another one for the pattern stash!

That sounds great!

I've had a good couple of sewing days too. :)

My DH is not big on "fixing." His answer usually is lets run down to.... and buy you one. I keep telling him I'm have a lot more fun choosing fabric and making it myself. I get a lot of satisfaction from the sewing process, from start to finish. Sometimes it sets me back a little but, I'm not one to give up.

Glad you found it. I think it's very versatile and will make up well in any fabric. it's also nice and airy for the hot weather. For years I wore skirts in the summer, then switched to shorts,now I'm back to skirts. I find them very comfortable. Juno

I forgot to mention that the pattern called for 5/8 seams. Since I knew I was going to do it on my serger I worked out the size difference and made it 2sizes smaller and used 1/4 inch seams.I used a light weight cotton fabric and didn't want a wide seam. Juno

Thank you, Juno. I am so happy you posted the name of the skirt; I've wanted to make some for myself to wear while shopping and/or doctor visits, as well as a couple for my DGD when she starts teaching again this fall, it is hot in Orlando for a while after school starts. Emily

Sounds like me, Juno! That's why DS in SC talked me into not going to visit yet. He says 99-degrees there is much diffent from here. I am so disappointed not seeing the girls till later in the year, but I did get their measurements so the clothes will fit properly when I send them. Emily

Thanks Juno & Beverly now I've saved that pattern too. I need to make up some simple easy care skirts for myself. Have you tried it in a jersey fabric at all Juno? I like jersey for travelling as it only needs to be hung up on arrival to relax.

Lizzy

I have a bit of a fear of jersey. It is completely unfounded in reality. When I first started sewing knits,a long time ago I used them all the time, in recent years I haven't touched a piece of jersey. I know it's irrational and I just have to do it. Maybe I'll give it a run. what have I got to lose except this silly fear. I think it would be great in jersey. Lots nice drape, comfortable and packs well,as you say. Let me know how it comes out for you, Lizzy Juno