Sleeping skirt, soon to awake?

There's not a lot of crafting going on over here at the moment: I'm working, and still trying to get over the cold I had, and just keeping my head down, trying to get through.

Still, half-finished projects like this are crying out for a little attention. So almost done....


This skirt is an adaptation of an unsuccessful purchase. Remember the year when skirts were all very light and hugely full, like circle skirts, and they flipped up in the slightest breeze? Hm, yes, I didn't wear this skirt much after a nasty shock on a windy day. (I flashed an entire car yard, while we were hunting for a car to buy. oops.)

So - earlier this year, I cut large triangles out of the skirt to tame its wayward fullness, added a cheesecloth lining (not yet trimmed to length), and used some of the huge amounts of brown fabric I'd cut out to make petals, which became a flower, along with some other favourite scraps. And an orange waistband, with grommets for the strings to come through. Almost done.

When we left for our three-month trip around the world in May, it was almost done. And it's stil reproaching me from the same state. All it needs is a levelled and trimmed hem and lining, and some more embellishment (the fun part!) on the skirt.

Soon, my lovely, soon.... and then we'll have summer days of flopping around at cafes and markets. Soon...