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A Skirt That Goes One Better Than New Look
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Description
I took the pattern from a New Look skirt from a charity shop. As lovely as it was, it was starting to get threadbare, so I took it apart and reincarnated it with some lovely eBay fabric!
I did learn one thing from this: never, ever make skirts out of T-shirt fabric. Even taking into account the stretch, I stil have to safety pin it to be sure it’ll stay on.
Material Notes
T-shirt material. It's a lovely pattern, but don't use it to make a skirt. Use something less stretchy.
Categories
- Season
- Fall
- For
- Women
- Garment Type
- Skirt
- Style
- Beach, Bohemian, Evening Wear, Goth/Gothic Lolita, Romantic
- Material
- Knits/Jersey
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Oct 24, 2009, 12.10 PMby Almatinka
I love this skirt and how it twirls! The fabric is excellent! It just needs some kind of a solution for the waist, but even if I had to go with the safety pin, I’d still do it – it’s so beautiful!
Oct 5, 2009, 10.41 AMby dancingqueen
well done, I like how it falls.
Sep 30, 2009, 08.52 PMby Scheryka
This is just pretty. I recently bought some fabric from eBay as well. I made a maxi dress. I will post it when ever I get batteries for my cam.
Sep 30, 2009, 07.01 PMby calicocouture
Perhaps some interfacing in the waistband would help prevent the stretch? I like the print a lot, and the shape is very pretty.