That first day back to work is always the hardest. I had a very nice vacation, though! South Carolina for a week with lots of wonderful family time and really good food, a weekend in Atlantic City to watch the Pavlik fight with Randy, and then back to SC for another week with my family. It was very relaxing, with the exception of flying and I'm sorry I had to come back to school and work and drama. I didn't do much crafting while I was home, most of my time was spent reading and eating and doing pilates, but I did get to finish up this pretty linen skirt!
The fabric, of course, came from Joann's sometime in February, I believe. It is a brown linen with some kind of paisley-vine embroidery. I used the skirt pattern from this book (I friggin LOVE built by wendy). I was curious how it would fit (it is the basic pattern, she offers lots of suggestions for alterations but I figured I would start simpl) and I have to say I am amazed at how nicely this skirt fits. It is a little high waisted, which I like. I really want to try some different styles now.
Using the embroidery pattern that already existed I decided to do some hand beading. I really loved it, I worked on it at home and on my vacation using seed beads and bugle beads. I found it very relaxing, and I love the mixture of beads that I bought. The colors ranged from brown to amber to yellow and even a bright pinkish orange, and some that even looked a little purple.
I finished the skirt in time for my trip to NY to visit Randy's family. I wanted to wear it to a cookout they were having. I wore it for a while and then changed to jeans. I'll be wearing it again soon, though.
I kept the beading to the bottom part of the skirt so it didn't get too gaudy, and I also trimmed the top and bottom with a double line of bugle beads and another row of spaced seed beads.
It was a nice vacation, but it's good to be home :)
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