Corduroy skirts
Nov. 27th, 2013 02:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elizabeth_mnThe only thing that can ever really draw me back into the sewing room after a lull is skirts. So here they are!
I made 3 new corduroy skirts, all based on one pink one I made last year (I must not have blogged that because I can't find it here.) It has a wide yoke and 6 gored panels, with a printed cotton pocket and ruffle at the hem.
I will always say I need more ruffles in my life, and they also serve the practical purpose of stiffening the hem. The corduroy + cotton print is based on my desire to wear fun prints and still be warm in winter. It worked, I think - it's cute and fun and the corduroy is definitely cozy. I love corduroy.
They all fall to just below the knee. I used invisible zips (love!) and finished all the seam allowances with the serger.
Photobombed by The Girl as usual.
Pocket detail.
The next one is in charcoal grey pinwale. I switched to a yoke-less pattern with a faced waist, but kept the theme.
Then a very cheery sunny yellow medium-wale, also no yoke.
It's funny how doing simple everyday projects really makes me want to get immersed in some serious sewing again! Right now I am not working from a list of Big Plans, but just doing what comes up. I hope I can keep doing it that way for a while.
I made 3 new corduroy skirts, all based on one pink one I made last year (I must not have blogged that because I can't find it here.) It has a wide yoke and 6 gored panels, with a printed cotton pocket and ruffle at the hem.
I will always say I need more ruffles in my life, and they also serve the practical purpose of stiffening the hem. The corduroy + cotton print is based on my desire to wear fun prints and still be warm in winter. It worked, I think - it's cute and fun and the corduroy is definitely cozy. I love corduroy.
They all fall to just below the knee. I used invisible zips (love!) and finished all the seam allowances with the serger.
Photobombed by The Girl as usual.
Pocket detail.
The next one is in charcoal grey pinwale. I switched to a yoke-less pattern with a faced waist, but kept the theme.
Then a very cheery sunny yellow medium-wale, also no yoke.
It's funny how doing simple everyday projects really makes me want to get immersed in some serious sewing again! Right now I am not working from a list of Big Plans, but just doing what comes up. I hope I can keep doing it that way for a while.
