New shirt mockup

I just wanted to share this shirt mockup I made last weekend because it gave me an Aha! moment. 

My goal was a curvy, fitted shirt with minimal ease.  I based the pattern off of one I originally took from an old shirt and which has been through several incarnations.

The first mockup looked okay in front but had all kinds of puffy ickyness happening in back.



At first I thought I just needed to take in the back waist, but then I realized the back is puffing up because the shirt was too tight across the hip.  So I took in a bit at the waist, but mostly I made the hip area larger (this is the aha!).  The next mockup looked loads better.



I'm planning on making a couple of these in bright, lightweight cottons with edges bound in bias strips cut from wacky striped fabric.

Skirts!!

Thanks, everyone for all the nice comments on my skirts the other day! 

 

People sometimes ask me about some of the really simple skirts I make, so I made a tutorial on how to draft a pattern for one.  This is my favorite skirt pattern; I've made a dozen skirts with it.  (I did the owl skirt with a store-bought pattern for a shaped straight skirt: this is the pattern for the black and white skirt.)

 

If you like simple, fast sewing, if you’ve never drafted a pattern before and would like an easy start, or if you just need a cute skirt, this is for you.

 

( Simple 5-gore skirt tutorial )

Voila!  A flattering skirt, and you drafted your own pattern!