1990 Threads magazine ideas ,made new snake skirt

 

Hey peoples, check out my new skirt!! I decided to make a little project for myself. I have a whole stack of threads magazines(now all stacked in order of month and year) that I have all read but I haven’t tried many of the projects in them.

(Don’t tell my husband, he thinks I really need them) lol

I thought it would be fun to go through each magazine and pick something out and do it and try to modernize some of the clothing in the older magazines and put those magazines to good use. So I am, and from the first magazine I have, which is in 1990, I chose the “how to make a pleat hang straight” and “ how to make an overlapped zipper” and I made me a snake skirt! Let’s take it into fall!!!

Here it is, hope you like it!!

 

All tops and accessories are store bought

This is a fitted pencil skirt with 2 darts in the front and 2 darts in the back. Chain jewelry that I had and was broken has been sewn between the 2 darts in the front of the skirt for a touch of class. The zipper is green and overlapped in perfect alignment with the seam. The waistline has a self facing and is finished simply and neatly.  The skirt has a slit in the back for better movement and has been cut out in a way that the pleat hangs straight especially if you have curves. The fabric is polyester cotton I believe.  Nice wash and wear material.

I bought the fabric at Fabricville, my favorite store!!!

                                                                                  zipper

 

back slit with the sewing line on top of slit sewn on a slight diagonal which you can’t see in pictures as the black thread blends into the fabric perfectly!

 

Front chains

 

 

Sorry,still under construction at my house, need moulding. hehehe

There is a pleat and a overlapped zipper here but it is so perfectly aligned that you can barely even see it, good job Lee Anne!!….Oh thank you, thank you very much!! lol

This fabric is awesome, sews so well!!!

 

I can wear it with a belt if I take off the chains

You can see the slit well in this picture

 

 

Another way to wear it

Matching nylons!!! How about that!!! I just pulled them out of my tickle truck!!!

 

 

I have to stop buying animal prints before I start hissing or growling or something like that!!! lol

 

Have a great sewing day!!! later

 

Oh!!! stay tuned for the next episode of what to make from threads magazine. From Threads Feb./March 2000, I chose, “sewing without pins” and from page 44 “Gores Galore” (on the bias) = (modernized) Can’t wait to show you!!!

Gores Galore skirt

clear winter and hourglass figure continued

Hello guys, I’m still making my wardrobe for the hourglass figure. I’m doing pretty good. I’ve got a mermaid skirt, a grey suede skirt and a drapery skirt and now I just made a classy cow skirt, actually it’s flowers but it reminds me of a cow. lol                                                                                                                           I am trying to make some tops and vest for this winter, hopefully I can get them done. I have one done already and I have plenty of fabric to make more….I promised myself that I wouldn’t buy anymore fabric until I used all of what I already have up!!!….It’s so hard!!!                                                                                                                        
 Here is my snake skirt
The tops are all store bought

This is a fitted pencil skirt with a slit in the back

This green is not the best color for me but I can wear it
on the bottom while wearing black which is a good color on me















 Here is my green bow top.
Sorry about the grainy pictures but this camera that I have does not take good pictures in low light and my other camera is not working right now… could it be because I forgot it out in the rain or was it when I dropped it…



The fabric is the same as my mermaid skirt, I thought of putting the two together but it’s too green! This isn’t my best color to wear but it’s ok. I can get by.


The top is loosely fitted in the front and back with seams


the sleeves are cap sleeves with binding around the armholes and the neckline also has a binding with the same fabric

very comfortable to wear in a nice wearing polyester

The classy cow pencil skirt
The first view

long black top white white belt and white shrug

The skirt is very fitted and so has a slit in the back for better movement


Second view


I tucked my top inside to show the high waist of the skirt.
I prefer this look. Makes me look long and leaner


Ok my butt is not really this big is it?? It looks huge in this picture!!!
Jennifer Lopez eat your heart out!!! lol
Maybe this is why it reminds me of a cow…



Here I lowered the belt at my natural waist line




Here is a close up of my necklace for those of you who likes jewelry 

another view


White top, white belt

Another view

Glammed up with a silver belt
silver looks sharp!!


glammed up with gold accessories

another view


This is a top I made last summer. A fitted black blazer would look great with this or a slightly fitted frilly cardigan…


I can wear my small polka dot belt again….only on the first hole and that’s sucking in! lol


See you later!!