Since my last post, I decided to salvage the I-think-I-can-call-it-infamous-at-this-point Bibi skirt, the first project in my Stretch! book. I ripped out all the broken horizontal seams that had been sewn with the book’s too-narrow zig-zag stitch, and knew I would be lacking the original seam allowance since I had trimmed it off. So as I was pinning and things weren’t lining up precisely, I pretty much resigned myself to the fact I might end up with something pretty laughable. I sewed away using my knit stitch, put it on, and…
Well, I did laugh, but mostly because it actually turns out to be wearable.
And I might actually wear this out in public. The fabric feels really nice and the fit is leaning towards what I imagined. I didn’t follow the pattern precisely since my goal was to get a high-waisted skirt out of it. So I drastically increased the vertical size of the waistband. I also shortened the length of the skirt because the pattern had it hit at that weird point just below the knee. *twitch* Have you never seen What Not to Wear, Tilly? That’s pretty much how to make yourself look shorter 101.
I am definitely game to try this again. I’d like to color block using some black and a patterned ponte knit. I think I’d like to drop the seam where the waistband meets the skirt. My theory is that will make my butt look better / less elongated. And an even higher waistband would really help to rock a pop-over look. I love the pop-over look and it’s so hard to find anything like that done well. I also want to toss in the waist tabs from the book and maybe a slit up the hem. I’m thinking a longer (mid-calf) length might work well with that too. So that’ll be an interesting next step in learning about altering patterns even more.
Someday, I’ll even make my own patterns.
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