Elizabeth lifted her skirt, disregarding modesty,
and delivered a swift kick to the creature's head.
~ Seth Grahame-Smith
Sadly, I must report that I didn't limit my shopping on Columbus Day to the pattern sale - I also picked up two books... The first is called The Essential A-Line: Make 17 Flirty Skirts from one Basic Pattern, by Jona Giammalva.
I have one of these books for making A-Line dress variations for little girls, so I pretty much knew what to expect - some of the variations are pretty trivial and don't really deserve being called out separately.
But I do find it creatively inspiring to see all the different colors, fabrics, lengths, ruffles, pockets, etc. It helps break me out of a mental rut of treating a pattern too literally...
And, I do like A-Line skirts - they work with my body... (Unlike, say, the heinous mini-skirt or the dastardly pencil-skirt - in either of which I dare you to try to kick a creature in the head!)
Oh - and I had a 50% off coupon! ;)
So, here I've included pictures of the 17 variations for you to browse... Enjoy! :)
I did think that it was nice that she included a maternity version...
Did anything in particular catch your fancy?
For tomorrow's post, I'll give you "a peek inside" the other book I bought...
Stay tuned! ;)
No comments:
Post a Comment