Alright, you've shamed me into working back on that cockamamie cord kilt for cav. (Say that three times fast!)

I sew lots of stuff- my kid's always the one in the homemade-but-great-looking costume at Halloween- more a tribute to my mom's teaching than innate talent- my mom taught me to sew from patterns, but her 'on the fly' method of draping, cutting, and pinning gets me my best stuff. I sew some clothes for my daughter, mostly summer dresses. I've made dresses for myself as well, and I make curtains, rocking horse covers, you name it, I can probably bang it out. The only thing I don't do is suit-type fine tailoring, not that I can't, I just find it boring. I'm more challenged sewing by the seat of my pants.

You know those knitters that have yarn all over the house that they're waiting to be inspired by? Well, aside from my yarn stash, I also have fabric stash- I buy a lot of stuff on sale and then wait for it to be useful. Sounds crazy, but it works for me.

The first kilt I ever made was actually for my infant son, I had leftover fabric from tailoring an overbodice froma Ren Faire, and made him a little kilt almost as a joke. Then one day I got a bee in my bonnet to make my friend Fear a kilt, it turned out well, you can see a picture here. Then I started a kilt made of corduroy, but it's a pain in the *** to work with, and we've been remodeling our kitchen- my usual workspace. Now that we're done most of it (oh, will the cabinets EVER be painted?) I'm going to march downstairs and start working on the verdammt thing again, if only to get it out of my 'inbox.'