Pleated Border Skirt
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A
long time ago, when I was still at the beginning of my sewing career,
using an ancient old, but a good pattern, I sewed a miniskirt out of
nice woolen suit fabric. Back then I didn't really know how to adjust a
pattern according to my measurements, so I made it exactly by the book
and it turned out too wide in the hips. So, I didn't wear the skirt
after all as it was rather baggy on me, and the poor thing was left in
my wardrobe for quite some time, waiting for my tailoring development so
that it could be refashioned to fit my figure.
On another day, a long time after the above mentioned one, I managed to narrow the skirt in the hip line and it was great... Oh, but wait! This time it also had a flaw - too short for my conservative nature... :-( And, so I left it to sleep alone in a corner of my closet for the second time on end...
Naturally,
this post wouldn't exist if there hadn't been for the third day which
resolved the final destiny of this capricious skirt. Out of the same
material, which by the way my mother who got it from her mother, my
Nana, I was supposed to sew a pair of trousers for my father (at this
point I was already experienced in that field). However, the material
had had several holes in it as it was left in a closet for a very long
time. It was practically impossible to tailor the leggings avoiding the
holes. At around that time I was pretty much obsessed with sewing
jackets, and as a result, I made a deal with Dad to make one for me
instead by using this Burda pattern which consisted of 4 front pieces
and 4 for the back as well as 2 for each sleeve. In this way I was able
to avoid the holes and make something from this fabric before the moths
ruined it completely. That's exactly what happened. I sewed a jacket
using a 04/99 Burda pattern for model 107.
Anyway,
from the jacket material (and the trousers I made for me later because
Mom and I had found some more of it in Nana's stash), again using a
Burda pattern (No. 12/96, model 110A, the trousers are also about to be
refashioned some day), I had just enough leftovers to finally complete
the skirt, which is the heroine of this post after all. All in all, I
made a long band which I then pleated and pressed and simply sewed onto
the hem of my miniskirt. It is now not too short nor too wide for my
proportions.
Here is the final result of this looooong, ancient history of a simple redo :-)
The skirt has a usual narrow waistband, two darts at the front and four at the back, a zipper and button in the mid back seam. I also added two loops for hanging.
At the back I left the two sides of the border unsewn, and on the inside I applied the zigzag stitch
And of course, what's the point of making a skirt if you can't dance in it :)
Some more photos from Belgrade, Zemun Quay, with a flock of swans...
A
long time ago, when I was still at the beginning of my sewing career,
using an ancient old, but a good pattern, I sewed a miniskirt out of
nice woolen suit fabric. Back then I didn't really know how to adjust a
pattern according to my measurements, so I made it exactly by the book
and it turned out too wide in the hips. So, I didn't wear the skirt
after all as it was rather baggy on me, and the poor thing was left in
my wardrobe for quite some time, waiting for my tailoring development so
that it could be refashioned to fit my figure.On another day, a long time after the above mentioned one, I managed to narrow the skirt in the hip line and it was great... Oh, but wait! This time it also had a flaw - too short for my conservative nature... :-( And, so I left it to sleep alone in a corner of my closet for the second time on end...
Naturally,
this post wouldn't exist if there hadn't been for the third day which
resolved the final destiny of this capricious skirt. Out of the same
material, which by the way my mother who got it from her mother, my
Nana, I was supposed to sew a pair of trousers for my father (at this
point I was already experienced in that field). However, the material
had had several holes in it as it was left in a closet for a very long
time. It was practically impossible to tailor the leggings avoiding the
holes. At around that time I was pretty much obsessed with sewing
jackets, and as a result, I made a deal with Dad to make one for me
instead by using this Burda pattern which consisted of 4 front pieces
and 4 for the back as well as 2 for each sleeve. In this way I was able
to avoid the holes and make something from this fabric before the moths
ruined it completely. That's exactly what happened. I sewed a jacket
using a 04/99 Burda pattern for model 107.
I
completed the jacket very well, although a bit wider in the shoulders,
but done neatly and I was trully happy. I wore it until it was out, and
now I'm thinking of refashioning it, and... well, will see when this
day comes...
Here is the final result of this looooong, ancient history of a simple redo :-)
The skirt has a usual narrow waistband, two darts at the front and four at the back, a zipper and button in the mid back seam. I also added two loops for hanging.
Pleated border at the front...
...and
the pleated border at the back - here you can se the seam where I
joined two bands together to get a long stripe for pleating; it didn't
turn out to be the best work, it would have been better off with the
seam inside a pleat, but it's not that bad either.
At the back I left the two sides of the border unsewn, and on the inside I applied the zigzag stitch
The
skirt, understandably, has a lining, which reaches the pleated border
and is not sewn to the skirt so as not to pull and wrinkle the upper
fabric.
And of course, what's the point of making a skirt if you can't dance in it :)
Most importantly is that those legs and hair can fly freely :D
Some more photos from Belgrade, Zemun Quay, with a flock of swans...
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