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Here is one of my UFO's now finished. It's a skirt in a 55% wool, 45% polyester tartan, part of a 3 piece suit - my only UFO. The skirt is a really comfy fit and Id make it again in other fabrics. My brother bought me all the materials one Christmas some years ago as something nice to do. I have made the matching trousers but these don't fit now! So, I'm gong to refashion them into a waistcoat. They are in a coordinationg plain fabric. The plaid of the skirt doesn't really show up too well in this photo, but you can see it better in the following detail. The jacket remains to do, but I want plenty of time for that to make it well. The pattern is a, 'Delta Burke', but I've no idea who she is ?? Someone well known in the US?? If you're wondering who it is in the background of the photo, then that's my mum, who'll be featuring next week in the Apron Challenge, since I already have one of my own! Can we have Jacket and Waiscoat weeks please so I can get this suit completely finished?!!

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Comment by Cathe on April 2, 2011 at 9:56am
Wow, beautiful! you looks great in this outfit, like you are ready to take on the world!
Comment by margueritedesigns on April 2, 2011 at 10:19am
Cathe - how do you manage to get comments in so fast!!  They are there before I've finished uploading photos!  My mum said that this is the smartest she's ever seen me ...   
Comment by Peggy on April 2, 2011 at 10:20am
Absolutely Lovely!
Comment by Judy Roberson on April 2, 2011 at 10:46am

Margureite.. great skirt.. I love it. and fits you so nice..Cant wait to see the matching jacket.

Delta Burke is an actress in USA.. She had a sitcom [I think it was in the 90's],  I can't remember the

name of it..  I didnt know she had the pattern line?

   Tell your Mum ...we cant wait to see the apron..[your house is pretty too

 

Comment by charlotte powell- brooks on April 2, 2011 at 10:51am
looks great!
Comment by Cathe on April 2, 2011 at 12:41pm
Too funny! Could be a fast Internet connection, my fast fingers or my obsession with our group!
Comment by charlotte tilley on April 2, 2011 at 1:44pm

I've never heard of Delta Burke either....

 

Really nice skirt though! Great fit... can't wait to see your Mum's apron ;0)

Comment by Jen on April 2, 2011 at 6:51pm
very smart.
Comment by Cathe on April 3, 2011 at 9:17am
Okay I could vaguely remember Delta Burke, so I looked her up. Here's her story, She was in the sitcom Designing Women as one of the main characters. The show aired in the late 80s early 90s. She has a clothing line, maybe that includes patterns (?), she was treated for bring an obsessive hoarder (Judy, funny right?) and has an antique store in Mississippi.
Comment by margueritedesigns on April 3, 2011 at 2:09pm
Wow, that Delta Burke sounds spookily a bit like me (but not being treated for being an obsessive hoarder!!)  I do keep stuff though ... not obsessively...trying to dig myself out of a hole!!!)  But I did work in a Museum for many years and I'm a 'designing woman'!  Thanks everyone!   

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