Sometimes the image is even funner...

Monkeys, monkeys, monkeys!
Originally uploaded by shefightslikeagirl.

...than the doing. But THIS time, it was actually hilariously fun. I was sitting on the sofa tonight, about half an eye on the telly, while the other 1.5 eyes were surgically removing the arms and tail off this stuffed monkey.

No reason, really. I just felt like torturing something. I'm only sad that it couldn't scream.

Actually, I'm making a monkey project. The little rainbow of monklets are also involved. Something will come of it... something.

Pleated Spider Skirt

When I saw this plaid fabric with black flocked spiders, I knew it had to be a pleated skirt. I've never done pleats before, so it was a good progressive choice.

Because it was almost experimental, I decided not to worry too much about matching the plaids across the panels. Unfortunately, accidentally, one side panel matched when I cut it, and the other didn't. Exactly the wrong position -- either they should both match or they should both NOT match! Once I'd folded all the pleats in, I realized no one but me (and anyone who reads this) would notice, so I soldiered on.

I changed the waistband from the pattern, as it originally included a drop-waist, which didn't make sense for this fabric. The other part of the experiment was that I decided to stitch along the mountain folds of the pleats so they would be forever crisp (especially since this fabric was not ironing well). It worked very well, and it's something I will do again, to be sure.