Hi, all! Happy September!
I always am in a bit of a bind in late August and early September when it comes to sewing. I am always excited to have the chance to make something lovely and fresh for the new school year (I teach full time), but because setting up a classroom and getting all manner of things together for the start of the school year is tough at best, I often can't get my sewing mojo on. That said, this year I decided to go for it with a very unique fabric and a very simple pattern. The two together check two boxes--it's a showstopper AND it's an easy make. Bam!
It also happens to be a dirndl skirt, and because I am of German heritage (my mother is half German, and my grandmother was born and raised in Berlin), I actually have dirndls and wear dirndls! (Every chance I get I am at a German festival or an Oktoberfest--typically in the dirndls that were passed down to me.) I decided that I need a handmade dirndl of my own, but I chose to make my first as a d…
I always am in a bit of a bind in late August and early September when it comes to sewing. I am always excited to have the chance to make something lovely and fresh for the new school year (I teach full time), but because setting up a classroom and getting all manner of things together for the start of the school year is tough at best, I often can't get my sewing mojo on. That said, this year I decided to go for it with a very unique fabric and a very simple pattern. The two together check two boxes--it's a showstopper AND it's an easy make. Bam!
It also happens to be a dirndl skirt, and because I am of German heritage (my mother is half German, and my grandmother was born and raised in Berlin), I actually have dirndls and wear dirndls! (Every chance I get I am at a German festival or an Oktoberfest--typically in the dirndls that were passed down to me.) I decided that I need a handmade dirndl of my own, but I chose to make my first as a d…