So ugly, it's cute!
By Mea
@AranciataRoss (322)
United States
February 1, 2017 7:11pm CST
This fabric for this skirt yelled at me from across Jo-Ann's one day. It was loud and demanded my attention so I purchased a yard and a half. When I got it home and showed my husband, he looked at it and asked, "Really?" He agreed that it was so ugly, that it edged into cuteness.
I had no idea what I would make until I remembered Simplicity pattern 8153. It was perfect. I needed something with simple lines and pockets that would allow this fabric to say what it wanted- and it had plenty to say.
This skirt went together very quickly, in one weekend. The next time I make this skirt, I may try having a flat front and do the back with elastic. I know that will require some tweaking of the pattern but I'm not afraid to take risks! .
....I'll just ask my mother how to do it first, ha!!
(I'm trying to get the picture posted right way up. I hope it works!)
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@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
7 Feb 17
@AranciataRoss No need, you can get the colorful fabrics when you go to Hawaii.
I am sure they sell them cheaper there.
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@AranciataRoss (322)
• United States
6 Feb 17
I would love to visit Hawaii!!
I would have to sew a brand new wardrobe just for the colors!!

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@AranciataRoss (322)
• United States
10 Feb 17
@scheng1 I didn't even think of that!! I will definitely have to make room in my suitcase then 

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@1hopefulman (45114)
• Canada
4 Feb 17
I have seen women from Ghana wear something similar when it comes to the colour combination and fabric pattern at a music festival. 

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@AranciataRoss (322)
• United States
6 Feb 17
I don't know where my ancestors are from (black American, no clue of my origins beyond a continent), but I love the idea that maybe I was drawn to the fabric because of my unknown ancestors. Thank you for that warm thought. 

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@AranciataRoss (322)
• United States
2 Feb 17
Thank you! I'll have to keep trying different things. :-/
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@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
2 Feb 17
That is a good expression for a lot of things!
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@AranciataRoss (322)
• United States
2 Feb 17
I thought that was how the boots got their name!!
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