Patchworking

My patchwork skirt/dresses are my hottest item right now! Many of you are more curious about the process, so here's a peak into it:

Here is the first step in the process. In this case i took around 20 quarter yards of fabric (the lady at Joann's was not terribly pleased when I showed up w that many bolts lol) and arranged the colors and patterns how I saw fit, then sewed them all together vertically.

The next part of this and the crucial feature is to sew the two ends of the sheet of quarter yards together to create a massive tube.

After making the tube, you then decide how wide you want the patches to be, and cut the tube in long horizontal lines. After this you open up the tubes--making them long strips. This is the step where you offset the patterns. Here i have chosen to create the illusion that the patches are moving up to and then down from the center, which provides a nice effect in the finished product.

And of course the fun part is sewing these extra long strips together. Ga, it takes forever! This sheet of patchwork ended up being over 20' long and 4' wide! I then cut panels from this sheet, enough for 6 skirts, which I then spaced out with solid panels.

Here two skirt dresses are seen with their proud new owners at market! There are at least 4 ways to wear them: halter, strapless, over both shoulders, as skirts; and several ways to emphasize your shape with the ties! All skirt/dresses pictured fit sizes 2-14!!! How radical is that! Comfort, ease, and cuteness! Genius!