6.29.2009

In the nick of time, skirt #1

I finished my first skirt during my son's afternoon nap. My late showing isn't due to over whelming laziness, at least this time. I lost the cord to my sewing machine. I tore my house apart at least 3 times, from top to bottom. I even looked in all the weird places, like between towels, and in the camping gear in my garage. All this to no avail. I was sure that the cord would have to be special ordered, take two to three weeks, yada yada yada. So, last Friday I finally gave up and called my local Bernia store and...for only $10 I could come and pick it up right now! They "keep a bunch on stock"! Who knew?

So, Saturday = cutting, marking, pinning, and zippers (my least favorite parts)

and Today =
The only change I made was to open up the top of the pleats a little so that the skirt rides more on my hips and less on my actual waist. That's the great thing about pleats; you need a little more room, just let out a pleat a little, you need a little less space, just take a pleat in a little. Oh, I love the custom fit.

10 comments:

  1. It looks great! Love the fabric.

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  2. perfect. i love it with the yellow. i love that about the pleats as well. really easy to make it fit.

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  3. I love that fabric

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  4. Oh my goodness. Why have I never seen that method of marking before? It's so simple and effective!

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  5. Yes, I always do my marking in a bright contrasting thread. I goes in really quickly and can be pulled out just as fast. I do both layers at once. Just leave your tread tails long enough to carefuly lift up the top layer and snip in between leaving both sides perfectly marked.

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  6. Don't you hate that when you lose something like that cord? I know how it is. And I also know, that most of the times, AFTER I replaced such an item, I find the old one back in some rediculous place...

    That's a really nice skirt!

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  7. Love it! It's so pretty.

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  8. Great Skirt! I love the fabric choice - and I love navy blue and yellow together. I'm insipred!

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  9. that looks great - i have been such a slacker this month and havent been able to do any skirt sewing! but i love seeing everyone else's!

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  10. It looks amazing, and I love the fabric!

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