Frocks & Frou Frou

T-shirt: Bonds

Skirt: American Apparel

Shoes: Poetic License

Hullo, hullo! Did everyone have a scrumptious week? Are we all as glad as I am to find Friday knocking on the door again?

I feel like I've had one of those weeks where I've been working like crazy, but have somehow managed to accomplish... nothing.

I had lots of little jobs to do - mending, cleaning, cooking, sorting - but the only one I've managed to complete is:

Hurrah!

You've all been very patient, I know I've been promising to do this for months now, but I've finally got around to it.

Top: Bonds

Skirt: DIY (with fabric from Tessuti)

Shoes: Wittner

A few months ago, you may remember that I ran into the delicious mastermind behind CatRabbit at a craft market.

She was wearing the most scrumptious skirt that she confessed to having made herself, and since then I've thought about DIYing a similar piece for my own wardrobe.

It's the easiest piece you can imagine - one long piece of fabric, gatherered and sewn to an elastic waistband. No zips, no fuss.

I used 1.5m of fabric, which may have been a bit too substantial...

...but it twirls delightfully!

I love it. I want six of them. I've already picked my next fabric (polkadots! or maybe stripes.)

Meanwhile, all of my flats seem to be - simultaneously - having the soles walked out of them, so I bought a new pair in the Wittner sales - aren't they adorable?