It’s coaching season again. I‘ve been working on running skirts for fall cross country running. We took this photo shoot soooper dooooper seriously.
They are very color coordinated, these two.
Silly girls.
The only thing different on these models is that I extended the shorts to capri length and flared out the back on the girls’ skirts. I used the high waistband on all three pairs of running skirts. The black and blue solid fabric is Nike Dri-Fit fabric. It’s divine.
See how the girls have a little bit of gathers in their skirts? They wanted more bling and fabric, they said.
You can see it is much wider than my skirt. My skirt is the original unaltered version.
The back.
Here is a lightened picture so you can see the pocket. I used a gymnastic fabrics from JoAnn’s for the purple glitter and the orange/pink panels.
Here’s how I changed the pattern. It’s only in the back. Argggg, that should say Center Back instead of Center Front.
Here’s my version. See the “stains” on it? This is what happens when I try to get crafty and create my own textile. I have this glitter fabric paint, right?
Wouldn’t it be cool if my front and back panels look like this?? Well, halfway though, the nozzle was plugged and it started throwing out gobs of glue and little glitter. So instead of this cool glitter shower below, I got drippy blogs that look like I was attacked by bacon grease.
See? Attack of the bacon. Sigh.
Arg. On the plus side, this Nike Dri-Fit is so comfortable and great to run in.. And luckily, it’s been sprinkling every time I wear this to practice, so people just think the spots are rain. Any ideas to hide this? Add other drops of paint to make it look intentional? This is always what happens when I try something like this.
I think the best feature of these shorts is the pockets. See the “bacon grease” below? Arrrg.
Up next? I have been working on a jacket. Wool. Red. Buttons. AWESOME!