Wool Pencil Skirt, self-drafted

I recently finished this lined wool pencil skirt, self-drafted from my skirt sloper. More details can be found on my blog.

The Couture Technique Skirt

Lately, I've been wanting to take my sewing to the next level, so I purchased  The Dressmaker's Handbook of Couture Sewing Technique. After flipping through the beautifully photographed pages, I immediately started riffling through my stash to sew my first lined skirt. Lined skirt, yawn, I know, but this doesn't make me yawn at all. Not the way the author, Lynda Maynard showed her readers how to do it.

For the pattern, I used Simplicity 1690 from the 1950's.

And here is how my lining came out after using her couture instructions:

I even learned how to line a waistband with grossgrain ribbon to keep it from rolling on you.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to take their sewing up a notch.

You can read more about this and my other sewing projects on my blog A Few Threads Loose.

Introducing The Purple Peg Top Skirt

This outfit is made from Simplicity 8128 from the 1940s.

The look on my face is due to lack of oxygen. The waist is a bit, um, snug.

Read more about the shirt and skirt at Modern Twist.

Thanks for looking!

Jacki

The Linné Skirt

Hello! Today I´m posting a skirt I made this week, it´s based on the swedish vintage pattern Vi-mönster 3324. Great pattern, very easy to make!

It´s got pleats and a big and nice waistband. I love it, and I´m looking forward to be wearing this with sandals instead of wellies! :-). It´s called the Linné skirt because it is inspired by the swedish botanist, and father of modern taxonomy, Carl von Linné aka carl Linnaeus.

Blogged here

Another Skirt - Not So Fast and Easy

I am a little ahead of schedule on my one skirt per month.  I have finished my skirt for February -  McCall 8086 from 1950.

Front McCall 8086

This skirt is made in a heavy dark brown twill.  I used a vinegar/water solution to set the pleats.  Speaking of pleats, I had a hard time figuring out the instructions on how to make these pleats.  Multiple degrees and I still have a hard time deciphering pattern instructions.  If you would like to learn more about the sewing process on this skirt and for many more pictures, check out my blog.

Back

I had to make changes to the length of the pleats.  Being a shorty, I never considered the length of the pleats before trying on the skirt.  Ugh, they ended in an unattractive place.  A few minutes with the seam ripper solved that problem.  Zipper is centered again.  It was a little more problematic than usual for a centered zipper due to operator error - I moved the pins without thinking.

Vi Mönster 3324 - two-piece skirt

Hello people, long time no see! Is this because I´ve stopped sewing all together? No, no. I am just a lazy photographer;-).

Well, here are one of my recent creations, it´s a pencil skirt cut in one whole piece (plus waistband, hence the title). This is a peculiar, and quite interesting way of drafting skirts, I must say!

The skirt gets its shape through darts and pleats, and a back vent. I have been using this skirt a lot this winter, as it is both warm, comfy, and quite stylish, if you ask me!

The pattern is Swedish, Vi Mönster 3324, and is probably from the late 50´s or early 60´s. I´m actually not sure. But the pattern comes with both a full skirt and a pencil skirt, a jacket and a hat! Cuteness.