I wanted a gold sequin midi skirt and searched online for one but couldn’t find one I loved. This fabric I used is between a gold and a rose gold, it’s a beautiful rich gold tone, darker than champagne and I personally like it much better than just gold or champagne gold, it looks more sophisticated and expensive. The closest one I could find was a pleated skirt but I wanted a circle skirt and more of a true gold tone instead of a champagne, light gold I’ve seen online. Some had black seams and lining on the top and the bottom of the skirt which I didn’t like. Other ones were elastic waist which I think makes it look a little cheap and/or it wasn’t the midi length I wanted. So I thought, why not just make one? So I did and I love it! I also posted on my Instagram and took orders and made a maxi skirt for a customer as well. Guess who the first customer was? Courtney Brown, the owner of Cents of Style! Talk about pressure! haha
Ideally, I would’ve liked to have taken better photos of the skirt and how I styled the skirts, but you know, 3 kids and all, I ain’t got time for that! So self-shot images through the mirror is the best I could do for now.
I am such a perfectionist so it took me about 6 hours to make the midi skirt and about 10 hrs. to make the maxi skirt. I used to sell stuff I sewed online several years ago but stopped because my hobby became work and I didn’t enjoy it, especially since I’m such a perfectionist. I think I would enjoy sewing so much more if I was more skilled, I am planning on taking some sewing classes to learn pattern making and such, my skills are so basic! And I’m not saying this to be humble, I’m just telling the truth. My creativity and my fearless attempts make up for my projects but my sewing skills are very, very basic, and that is why 90% of my DIY’s only require straight stitching and hemming and no zippers, button holes, or anything else! So if any of you are intimidated to start sewing, I say just do it. What’s the worst that could happen? To unstitch what you’ve just sewed, right?
My goal from now on for the rest of my life is to always continue to learn skills and to not let fear stop me from trying new things. Before, I was always so scared of failing but what’s more embarrassing than failing is to live my life without trying because I was too scared, and look back in my life and have regrets. What’s a better way to live, to be a coward and not have done the best I could in pursuing my dreams and then look back with regrets, or have tried to pursue and fail, but to look back on my life knowing that I’ve tried all the things I wanted to do and have no regrets? I don’t believe there’s such a thing as failing while pursuing my goals and dreams, because I learn so much from failing and I’m that much more wiser and better from that experience.
Anyway, didn’t mean to go off on a tangent there, what I wanted to say was, this is my skirt I made, do you like it? And what are some things you haven’t tried yet because you’re scared to fail?
