This skirt was a last minute make for a Christmas morning tea.
...dramatic potential...
The pattern is OOP Vogue 2970, a Donna Karan pattern. Construction-wise, it is a bit odd. There are lots of raw edges. Heaps of basting, which I have yet to pull out. The hem is raw and there a double hem facing on the inside of the skirt, one left raw and a narrower one with turned under edges. The bow is a bit weird.
It was a last minute make, and I stayed up late the night before trying to finish it. I couldn't keep my eyes open, so it was suggested that I get up early in the morning to hem...even the hemming took me 2 hours. There were lots of pieces and it didn't help that I got a couple of them mixed up. I snipped my pleat marks, not realising that the snip marks would be exposed because of the raw edges along the waist...all adding to that raw edge appeal, I guess.
The fabric is from The Fabric Store in Brisbane. I got excellent service from them. I rang them on Wednesday, asking for red fabric for a full pleated skirt. They photographed a couple of options, and I went with the cheaper viscose lycra blend, as the pattern is a real fabric hog, needing almost 4 m of 150 cm wide fabric. I placed my order by phone on Thursday and received the fabric on Friday. Thumbs up to Australia Post as well.
The Liberty print camisole I am wearing featured on my very first blog post back in 2007.
I hope that you are all spending Christmas with loved ones and I'm sure many of you are wearing your own sewn creations on this day of celebration. Love to all, K
Katherine, it looks fabulous and dramatic and the top is gorgeous too. You have been very busy. I love the new dramatic poses... I hope you have loved ones close and a great Christmas and New Year.
ReplyDeleteOh love the penguin friend too.
ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful! I love all the odd-ness about the pattern- the bow and the raw edges. Cool make!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fab festive skirt! Have a great Xmas with the fam!
ReplyDeleteFab, festive and fiesty...love it!
ReplyDeleteWonderfully festive and summery! Love your penguin friend. We have a large Australian Geographic blow up emperor penguin who comes on holidays with the family. Now I'm inspired to include him in my blog photos too!
ReplyDeleteI love your red skirt. It makes me smile, such a unique,interesting design and bright color. You look great in this outfit!
ReplyDeleteYour fun skirt inspired me to make a blue one with a big bow. It doesn't really look that much like yours in the end, but I thought I'd let you know I linked over. :-) http://southshorehandmade.blogspot.com/2015/01/what-do-i-wear-with-my-new-skirt.html
ReplyDeleteI love this skirt, and I've been meaning to comment since your post popped up in my reader - sorry to be so late! This pattern is one I was obsessed with for a long time, but could never find for sale :). I'm really pleased to see it sewn up - it looks as good as I would have expected, though what a lot of work it sounds! I think the raw edges with the curved side splits look very interesting, even though they don't seem to save any sewing time the way I'd normally expect them to! I like the bow too, I don't think it looks weird at all and I reckon it would do a great job of concealing a big lunch or morning tea. Looks great with your Liberty top too - and how satisfying that it's still going strong!
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