Being Sick and Productive

I love my sinuses. Please note the sarcasm in that previous statement. They have been draining all week, gross, I know, but it's reality. Last night they kicked in full force...runny nose, sneezing and feeling completely miserable. To make matters worse I really needed to wake up this morning and work on a custom skirt for my friend, Jaxyn. I love this girl to death, and she always comes to me with projects that really spark my creativity, but I am insanely busy during the next month. I have a big show in September and she leaves 2 days after the show, so it must be done before hand. I also have to finish putting stuff together for the show, which I am sure I will be doing the morning or night before, as usual. Therefore, I had decided that I was going to work on her skirt this weekend, then my sinuses came along. Luckily, I woke up at seven something this morning feeling not so bad and immediately got to work. Somewhere in my sewing craziness I drank a coke, ate a Pop Tart, ran out of black thread and even fit in a nap. After all was said and done...I have a skirt - or Jaxyn has a skirt I should say. I still have some embellishing to do, but the hard part is done.

Now, one might be thinking, it's just a skirt, whats the big deal. Well...this wasn't just any skirt. It's a thrifted, upcycled big poofy hand dyed creation that I could see in my head, but I wasn't exactly sure how I was going to get there yet. It is made out of a set a sheets, a bunch of men's button downs, lace and ribbon all hand dyed. There were different patterns and undertones in everything so it all got thrown in either wine or black dye earlier this week to give everything a cohesive look. I chopped, ripped and ruffled for about  four hours straight this morning. It's part machine sewn, part hand sewn and I love every bit of it. The pictures do not do it justice, and they were taken in my messy carft room. I tried fade out some of the background so yo can fully see the fabulousness that is this skirt,  but unfortunately the mannequin can't quite fill it out like a real person can. When you  see it in person you can see the plackets from the button downs and the cuffs from the sleeves, but since they are all ruffled they don't scream...HEY I WAS A SHIRT!

It's shorter in the front and actually has a tail in back. It's all kind of crazy, but it will be perfect for the event that she needs it for....which I cannot divulge right now!

Did I mention I also found some time to throw myself together a dress today....don't ask how I don't know!