Showing off Skirts

After over a month without GGM, it felt great last night to be back in "action". I put action in quotes because GGM is often more about talking, laughing, eating and drinking than actual craft. The theme of last night's GGM turned out to be SKIRTS. I wore this skirt (photo below) which I had crafted together earlier in the week from a too short jeans skirt and a too see-through floral skirt. Combined as one it is a wearable skirt. (Also check out the wristlet I crafted earlier yesterday and which fits my crafting criteria of quick and cute, so there will be more of this product to come.)



Unfortunately Jean could not join us last night but told us that she also recently made a skirt which she blogged about here:

http://jeanofalltrades.wordpress.com/2011/07/15/diy-maxi-skirt/

I love the looks of this maxi skirt and hope Jean will wear or bring this to the next GGM so I can take a peak and hopefully make one myself. Here is an image I took from her blog:



And finally, the most creative use of skirt goes to Lynn, who crafted this pretty purple hand-me-down skirt from our friend Aisha into a new door window curtain:



Not too much crafting got done last night on premises. We were glad Kirstin was able to join us even though she had a super packed day, and she filled us in on exciting happenings (i.e. potential house offer). And Lynn attempted to work on another curtain project until Theo's quiet but mighty presence made that focus pretty much impossible. I did get some work done on paper wallets, which will hopefully be completed in the near future. We forgot to ask Lynn about the special treats she had brought back from New England, so we will have to wait for that surprise until Friday, Aug. 19th, next GGM (we are back on schedule!).