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Friday, April 17, 2009

Xhosa Skirt


I hate cream as much as any colour trying to not be colourful. So when a past flat mate gave me heaps of half made up curtains I had to make some creative use of the fabric. There is no greater crime than waste in my book. After making some curtains for another friend I decided that the only item of clothing I was good at making was a skirt. Skirt it was! It reminded me of the skirts that the local Xhosa woman used to wear ( I had seen it in pictures, okay) so I decided to use buttons and bright orange glass beads to embroider it with. One of the easier projects I have done and therefore enjoyable!

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