The Happyish Homestead

Thursday, March 1, 2012

I Am A Finisher…

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Bath Night.

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I may not be a lot of things: patient, good looking, a perfectionist, a clean-freak, tactful, sympathetic, etc.

But I am:

a finisher.

I cut out this white fabric to make a skirt….YEARS ago. 

Which is probably evident by the major crease that I could not iron out from the skirt being folded for a really.long.time.

{Maybe I should get some encyclopedias to lay out on it….}

I’m going to take a guess and say that I’ve had this skirt cut out for at least four years.

I finally got to it yesterday.

I used bottom-weight fabric for the skirt.  It is a bit thicker than most calicos and has a good stretch to it.

I put a band of thick grosgrain ribbon on the bottom

and

a thin elastic at the waist band

(which you should be aware that I didn’t even make a casing for….I just folded the top down and sewed the elastic on….see? not a perfectionist)

And made some embellishments using some old vintage yo-yos.

I like  yo-yos, can you tell?

There may come a day in the future when I will look at my house and my wardrobe with a bit of disgust and wonder what was I thinking?

Yo-yos?

Really?

But,

today is not that day.

I have a cute mint green button up shirt with white polka dots and some red high heels that I have all picked out to wear with this skirt.

Whenever it stops: raining, snowing, slushing, blowing, muddying, overcasting….

Have you finished anything lately?

Katie

6 comments:

  1. a book? i'm pretty good at finishing books. :)

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  2. That reminds me of a skirt I once made in a quaint old house in Poky, ID.

    I am not a finisher lately. I started knitting a scarf and a blanket- both about 1/4 done. I started taxes a couple weeks ago- about 3/4 done. I started filing a pile of papers about a foot high- filed 1/2, stacked the rest in an organized fashion- it's still sitting on my desk. I told my students I would finish grading their papers by today. I was gung ho to stay up until all hours to finish. Then Lizzie started puking. After she fell asleep, I worked until 3am and called it quits with only 6 left to go. Just call me the unfinisher.

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  3. Finished? No. Started? The kitchen. Cabinets need to be painted. Bathroom? Walls need to be painted and the light needs to be centered. Quilt from 2 years ago? Will never be finished as I don't love the colors.

    I did finish two floor cushions. Then again, they need more fiberfill. Dang it.

    I know, I finished the dishes 3 times today. Then I used some cups. Double dang it.

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