I bought that serger so that I’d be uninhibited about garment sewing, and by golly, it’s high time I did some garment sewing with it!
On Monday, after having cycled through the same four pairs of trousers and two skirts all summer, I found myself fed up and wanting something new to wear. I rummaged around in the back of my closet and found a dress which I liked in principle, but couldn’t find the right bra to wear beneath. I cut off the top of the dress and wore it as a skirt.
That held me over for two days, then I had to wear something different.
I am ready to start cycling my wardrobe into autumn. My idea for late summer/autumn right now is all jewely-sparkly, with sparkling large-scale prints and sparkling jewel colors and sparkling Czech bead jewelry. So here’s the first skirt, made from Tula Pink’s line Nest. I used Simplicity 4236, view A, but aligned the piece differently on the fabric so the pattern would be upright (though not, I confess, matched at the seams). This makes a full-circle skirt and takes exactly three yards of fabric.
I like it. It’s a dressmaker’s nightmare but looks fine from the outside. Two changes I’d like to make on the next one–or even on this one–are to find a length of wide ribbon or edging to create a real waistband with, and put in a lining to make it stand out (even) better.
W00t! I have another piece of Nest to make another skirt–this one the egg-in-nest pattern. I really want to make skirts out of a couple of Anna Maria Horner designs, but enough is enough. And when those Czech beads and jewelry findings show up, I’ll have my work cut out for me.
oh my, that skirt looks great…and its your first? job well done! could i tempt you to trade some of your scraps of that skirt? i LOVE that bird print and I dont have any in blue…
thanks
krousegirl2 at aol dot com
I’d be happy to trade, though I have to warn you that there’s very little left–just the bits that were under each side of each of the four panels. I can’t even promise you that you’d get a whole bird. Still interested?
I am interested…could you look over the pieces and give me a better idea of the sizes? Im looking to use the fabric in a quilt. Are the scraps big enough for quilting? 3×3 or so? What fabric might I have that you would be interested in trading for?