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Description
I made this skirt for my mother as a Christmas gift.
After I had made my brown wool dress, I still had pretty middle sized pieces of the fabric. I thought a skirt would be nice of it, and here came the challenging part. Actually it was fun. One night I had the idea that the Sidonie variation 2 could be the starting point. I had so little pieces that I had to use every mm of the fabric. (That’s why the belt is made of more pieces.)
Instead of the original pleats, I made an inverted box pleat at the sides. You can read my instructions how I did it. (sorry for the quality of the pictures.) The fabric was a dream to work with, it didn’t unravel at all, so I simply zigzagged the edges. The poliester lining was terrible, so to keep the inside nice and clean I used french seams. I used invisible zipper and blind hem to finish the skirt. My mom couldn’t try it to check the fit, so the skirt turned out a little loose at the sides, but she can still wear it.
Material Notes
Brown italian wool, with printed paisley pattern, lining, invisible zipper, button.
Difficulty
Novice
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Jan 4, 2011, 04.42 AMby fosteretalk
How sweet of you to do this for your mom. It looks great on her.
Jan 3, 2011, 10.16 PMby vflsun
That’s really nice! You did a lovely job on that. Pleats scare me, so I commend you on the wonderful job on yours.