The Fish Skirt!

This skirt pattern was given to be my my office buddy Brittany. It looked really neat so on lunch we went over to Hobby Lobby and I baught some Tolle ( i dont think that is spelled right). We found some colors that I thought looked good, Brittany was ok with a few of them but thinks that I will look like a halloween decoration lol and If I do well I will be a one of a kind halloween decoration. So this is the pattern.

The above picture Brittany obtained from somewhere along with the directions. See why it is called the Fish Skirt?!

The patten above is what is being used for the size of the skirt, the green skirt is the one that will be used.

The above is the Tolle and the the linning that will make me look like a halloween decoration lol :)

This is getting ready to cut out the pattern.

Look my Mom even drew lines so I would know where to stop cutting! :)

Wa-La cut out! Its like magic I tell ya!

Starting to put on the Scales this is going to be a long process.....

Still working on the scales...

OHHHH YEA! Done with the scales!

There is no such thing as too many pins!

Scales done!!
Stay tuned to the next Blog for the finishing of the Fish Skirt! Should be around this week some time!

Ohhh yea they are finished!

This is the elastic being held in place.

 This is the last stich!

 This is the black skirt all finished!

 This is the brown skirt all finished!

Now that those skirts are finished it time to move on the the next skirt! That one will be referred to as the Fish Skirt! :)

The first 2 skirts!

I was with  my mom at Hobby Lobby and she was getting patterns for school and I was standing at the desk where they cut the fabric and noticed on the pattern how is said "Learn to Sew" and then  I noticed how at the bottom of the pattern it said "Learn Basic Skills". That was then I think the light bulb went on and I thought "Hey, I could do this!". And I then told my mom I wanted to learn how to sew she then stated that "I made her day"  :)

This is my first pattern. I am going to make A and B. The only difference in them is that B has pockets and A does not have any pockets.

The above fabric is for B the one with pockets. The trim will be used on the pockets.

The above fabric is for skirt A. The trim will be about 3 inches from the bottom of the skirt.

 Look I can pin the fabric together! Also can cut out a pattern!

 This is skirt A. (The brown one is skirt A) Its all cut out and ready to go!

 This is for skirt B (the black skirt is skirt B). It is also cut out and ready to go.

 The is a picture of the seam. The machine that I used for this does not have slow down butten it is a one speed machince. On the other sewing machine there is a slow down button lol. This machine makes the edges even and pretty!

 This is when I was doing something not sure if this is the top or the bottom lol

 This is skirt B and the waist-line is compleate. and reday tobe sewed together.

 This is the bottom of the skirt B no rough edges!!!!

 Bottom of skirt A no rough edges here either!!!

 This is my trim attached to the bottom of skirt A.

 These are the pockets for skirt B with the fancy trim that I found!

 This is the skirt before almost done just has to go back in the surgery room one more thime to put on the pockets!

 Putting the pockets on!

 The trim sewed onto skirt A! And I managed to keep the stitching where it should be lol (on the trim)

The machine bit me!! Don't get to cocky with the sewing machice or it will put you in your place lol

The finshed skirts will be posted within a few days! Gotta get some elastic!!

Feel free to come back and see the finished product! Have a nice day!  :)  I would also like to thank my friend who helped me make this blog sight, THANK YOU SARAH.

Who I am!

Hello who ever reads this! How are you!? I'm great. Well my name is Rachael and I'm 29. I just finshed school and now have a BA in Criminal Justice. For the past 3 years I have been crazy busy and went to work, school, home, bed and did that for the past 3 years. Now that I dont have school anymore I have free time. So, I now have time for a  hobby and to do some fun things. My mom is a HUGE sewer. She can sew anything!! She teaches sewing and has for many, many years. You may ask "well Rachael, why now?" and my responce is well "I dont know". Yes I could have been a sewing expert by now, but well I am not. BUT I could be cause I have the best teacher in the world!!! So this is a blog about my sewing and what I am making, I very excited about it, so read it if you would like and I hope that it makes you excited too, why? Just cause the world is much better when everyone is excited about something!!