I sew a fair bit for myself normally, but I hoped to get through a more than normal this week. Not much luck, busy work week and tired me meant I've mostly been lying on the couch in the evening! And it's going to be a sunny warm weekend after a month of chilly weather so I suspect I won't get much more done! BUT I did sew up a skirt!
A Colette Zinnia in fact! From some of the err large amount of Cotton + Steel I may or may not have snagged at Fabrications a few months ago!
Sadly, I only bought 1.5 meters, and it needs 2 meters because of the width in the skirt. So I cheated and narrowed the width and cut it the wrong direction. It's just quilting cotton so the drape isn't right anyway and the narrower width is probably more appropriate for the weight.
Otherwise she came together pretty easy, although I admit I sometimes detest sewing in pleats! Yet I LOVE the look of a full skirt, I may need to make more. One of these days I also need to sew myself up a proper underskirt too, it will totally make it lay better and prevent me always wanting to adjust the pleats!
And it also has the required POCKETS. That is all.
So in light of my lack of progress this week, I'm thinking I might just deem next week Selfish Shirt-dress Sewing Week and sew these up then then instead?
This skirt is gorgeous and looks fantastic on you!!!
ReplyDeleteI love it!! I never would have guessed that you narrowed the width, too. I have to say, the cross-grain cutting of the Zinnia skirt is problematic for me - I'd like to do the pleated version in, say, a corduroy, but it wouldn't work with a nap at all. Frustrating! I think it would be so cute in soft baby wale, too ... perhaps I'll have to try what you've done here.
ReplyDeleteP.S. That pile of patterns is TDF!! Cannot wait to see what you do next!