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elizabeth_mnA couple skirts I made recently.
(I think I have pretty much given up on taking nice pictures.)
Really more suited for autumn than winter, which makes sense since I had planned to sew them in autumn, but instead I made my caraco and these got pushed aside. Still, add leggings, wool socks, and a sweater and they will sort-of work.
The brown cotton twill skirt has a yoke and 6 flared panels, a Simplicity pattern. The striped cotton grosgrain is from Soutache. I got it on my last trip to Chicago.
The grey/green skirt is a linen/rayon stretch woven. I’ve made a few skirts from this fabric before, but I am still trying to get the hang of sewing it. The pattern is my own, but every time I use it I tweak and make changes. This time I made the waist smaller so it would sit higher, but I guess I didn’t make it small enough, because I had to go back and rip it out again. I checked the last skirt I made from this pattern and I took that one in as well; I suppose I just forgot to transfer the changes to the pattern. I also lengthened it and adjusted the side seams to hang better.
I made these almost entirely during weekdays while F played on her own in the adjacent room. This is part of my new policy: Sew whenever you can, take advantage of little moments, even if the girl is on her own for a while.
This has opened an amazing door for me. Each of these skirts took only about an hour each, and I spread that time over a week, but I still feel so productive. The old method was to cut out stuff during naps and then wait to use the machine until my HB took over the kid in the afternoon or weekend. Projects would pile up and drive me crazy because I wanted to sew them so much. The new way is much better! It probably wouldn’t have worked any sooner, but now that the girl is at an age when she can entertain herself pretty well for a period of time, it works.
(I think I have pretty much given up on taking nice pictures.)
Really more suited for autumn than winter, which makes sense since I had planned to sew them in autumn, but instead I made my caraco and these got pushed aside. Still, add leggings, wool socks, and a sweater and they will sort-of work.
The brown cotton twill skirt has a yoke and 6 flared panels, a Simplicity pattern. The striped cotton grosgrain is from Soutache. I got it on my last trip to Chicago.
The grey/green skirt is a linen/rayon stretch woven. I’ve made a few skirts from this fabric before, but I am still trying to get the hang of sewing it. The pattern is my own, but every time I use it I tweak and make changes. This time I made the waist smaller so it would sit higher, but I guess I didn’t make it small enough, because I had to go back and rip it out again. I checked the last skirt I made from this pattern and I took that one in as well; I suppose I just forgot to transfer the changes to the pattern. I also lengthened it and adjusted the side seams to hang better.
I made these almost entirely during weekdays while F played on her own in the adjacent room. This is part of my new policy: Sew whenever you can, take advantage of little moments, even if the girl is on her own for a while.
This has opened an amazing door for me. Each of these skirts took only about an hour each, and I spread that time over a week, but I still feel so productive. The old method was to cut out stuff during naps and then wait to use the machine until my HB took over the kid in the afternoon or weekend. Projects would pile up and drive me crazy because I wanted to sew them so much. The new way is much better! It probably wouldn’t have worked any sooner, but now that the girl is at an age when she can entertain herself pretty well for a period of time, it works.
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Date: 2011-12-13 09:50 pm (UTC)