Been listening to a lot of Eins Live lately while sewing, and this was one of the songs that came on as I finished this project last night. Thought it would be an appropriate title, the song talks about a house by the lake, orange trees and the sun shining – I couldn’t help but associate the blue of the skirt with the blue of the lake Peter Fox is imagining.
Sadly I have no ‘Before’ pictures – I picked up this skirt for 3 Euros at the second hand shop because of its colour. But it was Size 12, straight up and down and meh, despite the gorgeous turquoise. So, I used a pattern from my first ever Burda Magazine (January 2010) to make it into a cute new skirt, and added a bow at the waistband for extra cuteness!
I haven’t really decided what to wear with it yet – the top I’ve pictured it with is Gray’s, and ironically she has the lace top I’m thinking of pairing with it! We’ll see what comes along in the next few weeks!
It took me quite a while because I stitched it all together, was almost done, tried it on… and realised that there was a reason the original skirt had lining. Not just VPL, but you could see the outline of the pockets. Sadly, I’d cut up the original lining for the pockets, d’oh, but managed to find some on sale at Karstadt. Had I figured this out before, I would have used the original lining and would have had scraps of fabric left over – there’s barely any left of the shell, so I’m quite proud that I used my resources well.
The bow was courtesy of a tutorial on Burdastyle, I think it added some extra cuteness! Though this does mean that my standard waistbelt skirt combo cannot be used with this skirt, but oh well, it’s still cute. Also, I noticed earlier that one pocket is bigger than the other due to the taking apart and re-piecing… oops! I don’t think it’s too noticeable, so I won’t worry. I’ll just pretend it was an exercise in asymmetry!
Come to think of it, I really want to make a blouse in the shade of blue the shirt is, they go really well together! Oh, and here’s the song for you too 
Gotta love a bit of Peter Fox – certainly a big part of the soundtrack for Year Abroad ‘09-‘10!
So Adorable!!