Thursday 29 March 2012

Outfit post: new circle skirt!

This week I went to a fabric shop I hadn't been to before, looking for pom-pom trim for a project I was working on for a friend, only to come home with no pom-pom trim but instead with three metres of cotton printed with deep sea anglerfish. You know, because anglerfish are so ravishingly attractive.


Here is a thoroughly educational comic strip about the plight of the poor male anglerfish and his miniature gonads.

Anyway, I made it into a circle skirt! I've made it with a tie at the waist to accommodate my ever decreasing and expanding waistline. Here I am posing in the park with Scamp.


I matched it with this aquatic hairclip by Miss Tiki Designs, and made some new bitey goose friends, who were already so stuffed with bread thrown by the horrid children who flooded the park as soon as the sun came out, that they turned their beaks up at my meagre crusts.


Must remember to bring food that geese actually like next time, I'm sure bread is not good for them.

11 comments:

  1. You look so beautiful! And you're blowing my mind that there is actually an anglerfish patterned fabric. That is insane and SO good.

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  2. are you freeking kidding me????!!! THIS IS EPIC CUTE!!!! so are you! WAAAAY better than old pompoms!

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  3. flipping 'eck, i love the fabric. i must get some, as my husband says i look like one...:D
    do you know if the shop is online, or if theres any possibility to get that fabric, as i'm in scotland...thanks x

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    1. The shop is called Leon's fabric superstore, they're based in Manchester but have a website, they don't do online ordering through the site but if you drop them an email or phonecall they will probably be able to take a card payment over the phone and post you some fabric. There was quite a bit left on the roll when I got it last week.

      Haha... next time he says you look like one, I suggest you point him to the cartoon I linked above so he can see what happens to males who annoy female anglerfish ;)

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  4. i'm a grumblefish, so i do occasionally see the resemblance...:D and i laughed a lot with the cartoon....love it.
    thank you for the tip, i totally fell in love with that. i'm not the girliest of girls so thought that would make an ace skirt!...:D
    thanks again for the tip, emailing them right now x

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  5. i'm still waiting for the fabric place to email back..hope it's not gone all lost in the cyber space :(.
    i so need the fabric
    mrs.C

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    1. You're in luck!

      http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Funky-Retro-Piranha-Fabric-red-brown-price-per-metre-/270938771447?pt=UK_Crafts_Fabric_Textiles_SM&hash=item3f15358ff7

      I just ordered amazing lobster fabric from her and she has the bitey fish in stock :)

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  6. holy crap, i love you!!!! thank you. very happy now! :D mrs.C

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