She is worth far more than rubies...
She selects wool and flax
and works with eager hands...
In her hand she holds the distaff
and grasps the spindle with her fingers...
She makes linen garments and sells them,
and supplies the merchants with sashes."
--Proverbs 31:10, 13, 19, 24
Front view
Back view, zipper detail
Left to right: pillowcase, pillowcase, handkerchiefs!
A few weeks ago as I was organizing, I came across these most awesome skirts in my "mementos" box in the kids' closet. The one on top I made during my third (?) year of college. The solid black material used to be a pillowcase; the patterned fabrics were scraps my mom had; and the whole thing is lined with material from a white bedsheet. It took me maybe half an hour to make, and it is one of my favorite articles of clothing I have right now. I happen to have lost just enough weight after having kids to fit back into it! During the winter I have paired it with a bright red sweater and black heels. It would work in the spring too with a bright pink or turquoise t-shirt and sandals.
The skirts on the bottom I made during high school. I was much, much smaller then, so I was able to fit into a pillowcase chopped off, hemmed, with a ribbon for a waistband. The handkerchief skirt is probably my favorite thing of all time, made out of two bandannas my mom used to wear as a teenager, with some kind of rope or shoelace sewn in as a drawstring waist. Each of these skirts took maybe ten minutes to make.
I miss sewing. I haven't done much of it since I have gotten married (mainly because I don't have a sewing machine...or mainly because I have young children who need my attention most hours of the day!). Obviously, in biblical times, the ingenuity and cost-effectiveness of sewing one's own clothes was valued as a womanly trait. I love the creativity and artistry it uses (I don't have a long enough attention span to use patterns...those projects get forgotten for years at a time!), and the money it does not use (my mom has loads of scrap fabrics, but old clothes with holes in them or that no longer fit can be refashioned into new styles). I hope I will be able to get my own sewing machine soon and start up some new projects!
The skirts on the bottom I made during high school. I was much, much smaller then, so I was able to fit into a pillowcase chopped off, hemmed, with a ribbon for a waistband. The handkerchief skirt is probably my favorite thing of all time, made out of two bandannas my mom used to wear as a teenager, with some kind of rope or shoelace sewn in as a drawstring waist. Each of these skirts took maybe ten minutes to make.
I miss sewing. I haven't done much of it since I have gotten married (mainly because I don't have a sewing machine...or mainly because I have young children who need my attention most hours of the day!). Obviously, in biblical times, the ingenuity and cost-effectiveness of sewing one's own clothes was valued as a womanly trait. I love the creativity and artistry it uses (I don't have a long enough attention span to use patterns...those projects get forgotten for years at a time!), and the money it does not use (my mom has loads of scrap fabrics, but old clothes with holes in them or that no longer fit can be refashioned into new styles). I hope I will be able to get my own sewing machine soon and start up some new projects!
Yay for sewing! I'm working on some household sewing projects now and hope to get back into clothes soon. Feel free to borrow my machine sometime for sewing projects until you get yours...it may motivate me to actually finish some projects I've started :).
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