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On Day 11, I decided to replicate my new favorite skirt! 

You know when you fall in love with a clothing item,

and wish that you had more of them.

Well, I am making that happen.

So sometimes you don't have to spend any money on patterns.

Drawing your own and constructing with out instructions is quite simple is you have 

a good understanding of sewing.

A simple wrap skirt like this one can be made quickly.

Quickly when you have the energy to dig 

through your fabric stash to see what you have to make it with.  Haha.

I really should have finished this skirt today,

but being inside was the last time on my mind.

It was so beautiful outside today and had to be taken advantage of.

The skirt could wait. 

The boy and my garden could not.

double whammy

just finished this adorable little number....it's a skirt and a dress. i have been wearing it all day and have received so many compliments! it's my new favorite comfy and cute go to! hope you like it, let me know what you think!

brainstorming

the hubs company hold an annual conference at the beautiful long boat key club. that weekend getaway always sneaks up on me.

for the few weeks of cool weather that we get way down here in the tropics i like to allow myself to hibernate (ie. not shave my legs, get fat, and majorly pasty)

every year the motivation to get my butt in gear (and in the sun) is the culminating event of this conference. the formal awards ceremony. that's right.... formal! well as formal as a bunch of restaurant executives get. every year i get so excited about putting on the dress and the makeup, and seeing the hubs in something fancier than a polo. yet every year i feel like i play it a little safe with my wordrobe.

since i have been so inspired to sew lately....here's what i am thinking for this year:

(source)

so i want to make a skirt like this. but not so heavy. i am thinking a silk chiffon, and possibly multiple layers. and the beautiful tropical watercolored fabric that i fell in love with is no longer available. i am debating dying my own. thoughts?

please let me know what you think! all feedback is encouraged and needed! i am still on the fence about wether or not i can pull it off.