Twinkle twinkle butterfly

Added Oct 15, 2009

by kaitui-kiwi

Wellington, New ...

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Description

This is my entry for the Wenlan Chia “Show Us You A-Line” competition. I wanted to do a fun take on this skirt and I had had this fabric for a while and knew it wanted to be a skirt so I figured this was a great opportunity to use it. Then I had the idea of doing some hand embellishment afterwards. This pattern also re-taught me a valuable lesson. I have gotten a bit blasé with checking the test square when printing, since it always prints to scale but this file did something strange to my computer and printed it at only 7.5cms and I never noticed. Consequently I had huge fitting issues but I solved them with a little patience and lots of ingenuity! I’m glad I persevered, I love the proportions of my skirt, this pattern in general is extremely flattering and so comfortable to wear. I think I will make several more, some neutral and some in crazy prints and maybe a formal skirt with some lace detail.

Material Notes

Ikea Gunilla Fabric, invisible zipper from my stash, DMC embroidery thread

Categories

For
Women
Garment Type
Skirt
Style
Casual
Material
Cotton

Credits

Pattern

A-Plus A Line by Twinkle by Wenlan via BurdaStyle.com

Fabric

Ikea, Innaloo

Photographer

My wonderful fiance, Chris

4 Comments

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    Oct 16, 2009, 10.59 AMby karanas

    I like the embroidery! I’ve been wanting to do something like that (I made pillow cases from a similar ikea fabric)

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    Oct 15, 2009, 08.01 PMby almatinka

    A very pretty skirt and very good job on embroidery!!! (I’m fighting with some right now myself, so I know what it takes!!! :-))

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    Oct 15, 2009, 01.28 PMby wzrdreams

    Lookin good! Your embroidery embellishment makes it special.

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    Oct 15, 2009, 10.13 AMby madscouser

    Wow, I love this, the fabric’s soo pretty with the butterflies and then your hand embellishment really adds a special touch! :-)

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