Sunday, May 27, 2012

Skirt sewalong

With only a few days left in May, I finally completed a skirt for Cam's Skirt Sewalong. I'd already started another skirt but can already see there are going to be fit problems, seeing as every other skirt I have ever made from that pattern is currently in my mending pile getting serious adjustments done to the waist.

So I made another skirt, and I didn't make it from the skirt fabric stash, and that's OK. Because I totally made this pattern up.

See this skirt?

May 26 - Me Made May

Yeah, well I didn't make that. It cost me $12 at Target and I absolutely love it. It's stretchy, comfortable, warm  and STRIPED. I knew I needed to make some more of these for winter weekend wear so yesterday I went to Spotlight, bought fabric, laid it out on the cutting board along with my $12 skirt, and cut something basically the same shape.

And then I got aquainted with the stretch stitch settings on my sewing machine. I will admit I am scared of stretch sewing.  My first attempt at this skirt "pattern" however was a disaster.

Skirt - failure

Gorgeous Ponti knit, not so gorgeous on my hips. It made my backside very bootylicious, and not at all in a good way. I'd cut it far too small. So I gifted it to someone with a much more superb booty that me at Brown Owls today and she is going to finish it off to fit her. It only needed a waistband and hemming. She'll have it finished in about 20 minutes.

So for round two, I decided to add about 4 inches to the skirt shape, and went from there. And after a lot seam adjustments, an elasticated waisteband and hemming, and only half an hour, I had this.

Skirt finished

And I wore it today. It was super comfy.

Skirt


May 27 - Me Made May 2012

So that's skirt one of the 4 skirts I promised myself by the end of May. I'll be honest - I'm going to make this knit skirt again and again. I don't have to pull and tug it over my backside and belly like I do with a lot of waistbanded skirts and I don't have to worry about it creasing. This non-pattern is a winner in my book (and I probably should draft it on paper sometime, because that would be the Smart Thing to Do.)

22 comments:

  1. Definitely draft it - not onto paper but onto cardboard! - because it looks wonderful and you will rightly make it over and over. Great work!

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  2. I love it, and it looks fab "o"

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  3. I love it, it is a streth too right? A Ponti knit? Love the roses in it.

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  4. An absolutely fabulous skirt. It could even win my favourite for the month. It looks really good on you too. Cherrie

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  5. Love it! It looks AWESOME! Did you change the needle to sew with stretch? As part of my current "Teach myself to sew" obsession, I bought a bag of remnants that had about 5m of quite a nice stretch material, but no idea what to do with it!

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  6. Yep - make a copy of the patern and make it again and again... it's YOUR skirt!

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  7. I bloody love it!! Is it just an elastic within a casing top? Is that comfy? I've made a couple of skirts with like a yoga band top but I'm not always getting them right.

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  8. Absolutely gorgeous and I totally love it!
    I'm so scared of anything with stretch. I'm even scared of switching the machine over to stretch stitch. Eeeeeek!

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  9. You did a wonderful job! I need to get over my fear of stretch stitching and take the plunge like you!

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  10. Fab skirt! Can't wait to see the other three!

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  11. dude! I LOVE IT!
    I can't wait to finish mine - I hope it looks as good as yours!
    You're ace xo

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  12. lovely knit and lovely skirt. Comfort and warmth are so important but how nice that good looks are in the equation too. Yeah, you know, you should draft it to paper. LOL

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  13. It's completely freaking awesome. I wish I could make one too.

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  14. That skirt suits you SO WELL! In fact, I'd go so far as to say it is the PERFECT skirt! (actually, pockets would make it perfect, aothough I don't think pockets would actually suit it, sadly).

    Please make it over and over again!

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  15. This is gorgeous! You have to make it again IMO. And I love the fabric too!

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  16. PS: imitation being the sincerest form of flattery and all that, I just went and bought some of the black on grey fabric from my local Spotlight store (it's right next to the doctor's surgery, how tempting!). Thanks for the tip!

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  17. I LOVE it! Great job, you look super in it, so definitely make MORE!!!

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  18. This is super pretty on you...I like it much more than the RTW!

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  19. Very nice! You should totally transfer the pattern. Just trace the pattern onto paper/card with a sharp tracing wheel/ pins, I've done a tute on my blog (and on burdastyle) for cloning knit readytowear if you're interested.

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  20. Skirt is gorgeous! Great Canberra winter look! Really love the rose fabric, well done!

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