Sunday, January 4, 2009

Snap!


So i *finally* made this skirt yesterday.

With a happy lapped zipper.

In a fabric that i LoVe.

love love luff.

It was a fun challenge "matching" the paisleys....I knew they wouldn't be perfect, as the skirt is somewhat fitted at the top and has six gores. I decided to match them at the hipline and I am so very pleased, as all the swirls and curls took on an unintentional design of their own.

Flat felled seams, pinwale corduroy, 1940's pattern.

Time to make some shirts!


3 comments:

50sgal said...

Beautiful job. I am still getting the handle of sewing. I just started a dress with one of my vintage patterns. I have to say, I think I may become addicted to it!(sewing I mean, not the dress!)

Miss Amelina said...

Thanks...although, I learned another lesson: Let a bias skirt hang for a day or so before hemming. I hemmed it immediately, and now it's a little wonkified---but still wearable. Have fun sewing! It is an *enormous* addiction.

marla said...

Fantastic skirt and gorgeous fabric... ...wearable and beautiful...what more could you want?