My wonderful aunt R threw me a shower. It was hosted at my cousin/maid-of-honour/Best Woman's apartment, and it was a lovely afternoon filled with good friends, good food, and good cheer. Also? Chocolate fountain!
I made a skirt to wear to it, as one does. I was hoping to have a refashioned men's top to go with it, but Life happened, mostly in the form of helping Aged P move. That was always a hopefully-it-will-happen project anyway, but I've got all year, so it will get done eventually. Oddly enough, I'm not sure this skirt even goes with pure white tops - or almost anything else in my wardrobe, for that matter.
This is view B, or trumpet-skirt version, of Simplicity 2451, and this version is why I bought the pattern. I've had it cut out since last summer, but never got around to sewing it up. You may recognize this cotton/silk print from my Death is Now My Neighbour dress (which is what I wore for our engagement photo session -- do you see a pattern? I don't see a pattern); as before it's underlined with cotton siri -- the pockets and waist facing are made with just the siri since I didn't want the pattern to show through. I cut a size 8 waist, grading to 10 at the hips, but I'm starting to realize that what I should probably be doing is a full butt adjustment.
Those wrinkles are not good. I don't overly care, because I can't see them (being behind me and all), but I think it's time to take my sewing to the next level and get a better fit. So looking forward to that Kenneth King fitting class!
Anyway, with the tulip-skirt version, the pockets are kind of poofy, but here they lie flat. Maybe a little too flat? They kind of stretch across the front when I tried to put my hands in them. Do I also need to do a bony hip adjustment? Argh!
The shape is really good for biking. I've already got a grey wool version planned (but not cut, so there's time to work on those pattern adjustments). It's all part of my quest to pretty much recreate this outfit from American Duchess -- no, I didn't win the shoes, but yes, I did buy them and they're amazing.
So, back to this skirt. French seams on everything, including the pockets (and I'm pleased that turned out to be not at all complicated to do).
I goofed up in a big way when I was grading the waist facing: I managed to slice right through it.
I saved it by putting a scrap of siri behind the sliced bit and suturing it using the herringbone stitch on my machine. It's holding together very well and isn't too bulky. We'll see how it holds up after being washed.
This weekend is probably summer's last gasp and I won't really be able to wear it again until spring*, but that gives me a few months to figure out what else I can wear with it. Maybe cream?
*Except for that time a week and a half later when I wore it to run errands and take pictures, of course.
You're awesome! That herringbone repair is genius.
ReplyDeleteCan I tell you how happy I was not to have to unpick and recut that thing?
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