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Audrey Hepburn Skirt and Cropped Jacket
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Sister wanted a tapered pencil skirt. . . A wardrobe staple that I didn’t have a pattern for! Or did I? After glancing at Vogue 9668, a dress pattern, I spotted a nicely tapered skirt. Perfect! So after much pattern alterations I managed to form the skirt I am calling the Audrey Hepburn Skirt. The story behind the name is a little longer than you would expect. Back in the spring of last year, my sister thought up five different skirt designs and sketched them out for me. To keep things both interesting and organized, I gave each a Hollywood actress name and the pencil skirt was deemed Audrey Hepburn. Namely because of the simplicity of the skirt; no “buttons and bows,” like the song. I am very happy with how it turned out!
I also sewed up the accompanying cropped jacket using McCall 5006. It is fully underlined which makes for easy-peasy finishing!
Read more about this sewing project by visiting my blog post: Vogue Dress Turned Skirt
Material Notes
stretch gabardine in ivory, rayon/polyester lining
Difficulty
Intermediate
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Feb 25, 2012, 03.13 PMby laurii
the jacket is lovely:) and the kitten is too adorable! x
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Feb 25, 2012, 04.50 PMby Rebekah Fox
Isn’t he? We’re thinking of calling him Dimples because he always seems to be so happy.
Feb 26, 2012, 08.29 PMby laurii
oh that’s so cute! x
Feb 20, 2012, 03.36 AMby laikadoll
Good job! I hope your sister is happy :) also that kitten is adorable!!
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Feb 20, 2012, 11.58 PMby Rebekah Fox
Thanks so much laikadoll! Yes, sis is happy with how the skirt came out and cannot wait for me to make another one. :)