New skirts: I waited so that things aren't wasted

As I continue making new clothes I accumulate a lot of small pieces of fabrics. It pains me to throw them away, no matter how small they are. I put all the left over fabrics in a BIG box. Some of the tiny pieces are cut into my T.T. appliqué flowers. When the box is full I sort it by putting different kinds of fabrics in different plastic bags. The room where the fabrics are kept gets smaller and smaller, as the pile gets higher. I knew that one day I would put these fabrics in a good use. I never had the time. So I waited.

While making other pieces of clothes I tried to design something in my head with the left over fabrics .. a skirt, a dress, a scarf,… something that uses small patches of fabrics.

A couple of weeks ago, I pulled some of the fabrics out of their plastic bags and mixed them on my table. I would make new skirts, I thought.

The fabrics in the middle are the left over from making these clothes.

I made a skirt pattern and looked for the fabric pieces that were big enough for the pattern. The smaller ones were put back in the bags.

The result was lovely new skirts.

Very modern, youthful and super comfortable.


These photos were taken a few weeks back. You might have already seen them here and there.



Now all sizes are made and they are ready to rock the summer;)

I have been wearing the black/grey one and the purple-ish one. I wore the back and grey one to a birthday party last Saturday. My in-law liked it very much. So I made one for my sister-in-law and one for my mother-in-law, both in black and grey.

If you would like to own one as well, check back my Etsy Shop tomorrow, when I will list them all for sale. And all these new skirts will be sold with a discount as part of the ‘Christmas in July” promotion as well.