sometime ago, back in november 2008, i met up with erin in nyc... our autumn day included many city stops including a visit to the craft section of kinokuniya book store. i picked up a japanese sewing book (ISBN 978-4-579-11194-7) with lots of children's pattern's, basing my selection on the following project... a sweet, textured, warm-as-oatmeal-on-a-fall-morning-wool skirt with suspender straps...
all inspired (and armed with a new sewing project) we left the bookstore and moved on for our next adventure... mood fabrics (a fabric store where bolts of great fabrics are stacked from floor to ceiling). i probably spent longer than i realized pondering the tweeds and wools, but eventually chose one... and then a huge bolt of the softest drapey wool was unfurled on the cutting table and i asked for about a yard and a half...
so, right... hmmmm, all this was almost a year ago... i guess it just took a while for this project to get going. but finally, at the end of august 2009 this skirt rose to the top of my to-do list and i was able finished it up for margaret last weekend. right in time i suppose for fall's nearing arrival.