Pictures! Finally!!!

I promised y'all pictures, and here they are!  Can we breath a sigh of relief?  First up, the skirt that started the whole idea - I bought a beautiful Kanga from Jennie Chancey of Sense and Sensibility Patterns (check out her shop on Etsy, and her Facebook page!), and made this lovely wrap skirt from her e-pattern.  

I love how it's so long and flowing! 

Styling it with blouse and jean jacket (what country girl doesn't wear a jean jacket?)

 The other skirts I made from cotton saris, using the same pattern (with Jennie's permission).  So far, I have finished three, another is almost finished, and 8 more have been cut out and are just waiting for me to find the time to sew them.  As mentioned previously, I plan to sell them on Etsy, and at the local farmer's markets.  Here are the pictures of the finished ones.

Maxi-length (37" long) skirt in blue.

Sparkly royal blue ribbon binds the edge at the waist and ties the skirt.

Plenty of fullness in the skirt!

Same fabric, different length (25" long).  

This one ties with a sky-blue satin ribbon.

Twirling is so much fun in this skirt! 

One of my favorites!  This color is stunning!

Skirt ties with a cranberry grosgrain ribbon.

The skirt looks awesome, but me....I look like a dork.  :P

A small note here:  I hear it a lot that maxi skirts don't look good on short women because it only makes them look short(er) and stumpy.  I cannot disagree more!  Maybe that is true for a straight maxi skirt, but this skirt makes me look so much taller and more graceful, and for the record, I'm 5'4" and wearing 1 1/2" heels in the pictures!

Y'all know that I cannot ever do a photoshoot without at some point looking like the dork I really am.  This time was absolutely no different.....

This was just a bit more attractive than the cross-eyed, fish-lips look I'd just made at the camera.

My brother cracks me up.  

I just had to try a jumping photo.  This pic turned out okay I suppose, the others, not quite so much!  :D

Now, if you want to win one of these (or one of the other to-be-sewn-in-the-near-future) skirts, check out my previous post where I tell you about how I'm giving one away!


Photo credits go to my brother, Joel.