Most, if not all weekend I spent working on my circle skirt and applique. Truth be told, I really had no idea how time consuming applique is. Did you guys?!
I think I spent at least 2-3 hours machine stitching all of my raindrops onto my skirt… but more on that part later.
So I drew up my ideal umbrella on Friday night, with the help of my handy protractor. I used the recent sew, mama, sew tutorial about using freezer paper and starch to make the applique pieces and this is what I ended up with.
Looking at it now, it kinda looks like a cloud to me. Maybe it’s just because I’m taking the photos on my ironing board that has a cloud background….
For the umbrella I used a mattress stitch on the scalloped edge and finished the top with a simple row of french knots. I really love the color combination of black and white, and I’m hoping it has a nice *pop* against the red skirt. I was debating using a white and red scheme to go against the red skirt, but I think I prefer the additional contrast with the black.
I’ve twisted rick rack together (on the far left) and I’m using that to make the handle for the umbrella. Also I cut out two different sized raindrops for my applique. I tried using the sew, mama, sew tutorial for the rain drops, but I just couldn’t get that to work. It didn’t have nice clean edges after I turned them to the wrong side, and the freezer paper itself wasn’t adhering to my fabric. So gave up and ended up machine stitching them all using a satin stitch.
To attach the umbrella to the skirt shell, I invisibly stitched it with some white, silk thread. Silk thread is so yummy; it glides so easily, I love it. It makes hand stitching (dare I say) fun. :)
(Don’t worry, I didn’t leave the umbrella handle this long.)
After I stitched on all of the rain drops, I was on such a roll that I forgot to take some more progress pictures for you all. But the good news is that I’m soo close to being done with this skirt. All I have left to do is to hem the lining and it’ll be good to go.
I really do love the scalloped skirt I just finished, but this circle skirt may be turning into my new favorite (or second favorite at least).
Hope you all had a lovely weekend!
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My goodness, you are so productive it makes me tired just looking at your projects! (Kidding. ;) I’m excited to see how this looks with the raindrops, your umbrella is really cute.
Hi, nice to meet you via this lovely blog! I’m from Chicago too since February and glad to begin to follow your projects!
Hi! Lovely sewing and knitting on your blog. Thanks for the free knit patterns. They’re very pretty jumpers.