Friday, May 6, 2011

A Circle Skirt

I am still here! Still alive and kicking. I have not sewed in a week, so my kicking is likely to turn nasty soon. :)

DD1 is graduating from high school, so there is a lot going on right now. I decided to post something that she made this week.

Her math teacher assigned a "creative" math project to wrap up their high school math experience. It could pretty much be anything they wanted. One student wrote and performed a song relating to math, for example. Another used triangular pieces of (cardboard? wood?) to construct a piece of architecture.

My daughter decided to make her own pattern for a circle skirt. For her fabric, she raided my stash and came up with a Marcy Tilton fabric (of course). This is a pebbled knit, printed with a diagonal stripe. When she threw it on the dining table (to cut it out) both of us got dizzy from that stripe! It's great... in small doses. And since I bought this to use as piping, or for small contrast areas, it is perfect for that. (And luckily I still have some left.)

I like how the diagonal printed stripe goes every which way in the circle skirt

And here's another shot of the same kid. It was a fun surprise to see DD1 featured on the poster for this year's spring show.

The same daughter appears, albeit briefly, in a music video released this week called "Get Naked." Ahem, no, she's dancing. I guess it's good that she has different interests. ;)

I will sew again. I have several half-finished projects, so I will have something new to show, hopefully soon. :)

16 comments:

  1. Hi, Shams...I've missed seeing your wonderful projects. Get back to the sewing room!

    Margy

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  2. The circle skirt is the most interesting maths project I have ever seen. I must drop a few hints at the next parent-teacher interview!

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  3. Your daughter is beautiful. I love here striped circle skirt. She really styled it well.

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  4. Cute skirt and what an honor to be featured on the dance poster. Please tell your daughter I made an entire Renaissance gown for a history class while attending Cabrillo College in Santa Cruz...in 1973! gulp.

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  5. What a wonderful post - your daughter is beautiful. I really like her striped skirt.

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  6. Apparently Barbie was wrong -- math is FUN! Love the circle skirt interpreted in stripes -- and DD's poise in posing!

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  7. Will the DD allow you to bring the circle skirt to the next BABES for show and tell? Curious to see how she worked out the math on it. And as a PS, my DD sews also, just not so much lately now that college has gotten pretty intense.

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  8. She did a fabulous job with her skirt! And she looks pretty cool modelling it too, I like how she's styled it!

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  9. Your daughter is beautiful! I know I've said this before but you made some great looking kids! *LOL* The skirt is great too!

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  10. Pretty cool math project! The skirt is so cute and fun -- your daughter did a great job. Creativity must be in the genes!

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  11. DD1 looks wonderful in her math project, and gorgeous on the poster. What a proud Mama you must be! Happy Mother's Day.

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  12. Love your daughter's skirt. Will show it to my daughter. Hoping my daughter will do the math and make one, too! Thanks for hosting your blog. I really enjoy it. Happy Mother's Day!

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  13. Charming skirt, cute kid. Creative math project. You get to be one proud Mom. Congratulations, you done good.

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  14. Sharon,
    What a beautiful daughter and how talented she is. The skirt was a clever project and the dance poster is a wonderful "keeper." Congratulations to the proud Mama!

    Karen aka Karendee

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  15. Totaly cute! She's a pretty girl with her own style.

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