Denim skirt

I have sadly been lacking enough denim skirts and decided that now was the time to rectify it. Well, actually a few months ago was the time, but it takes time to do something about it. ;) This is the second denim skirt I made over the summer, so I'll have to post pics of the first later.

It's below the knee enough that I can wear it with my tall boots and a flannel slip in the winter, but short enough that I can wear it in the summer too with a cute blouse. In a word: versatile.

Professional courtesy dictates that I mention that I used Simplicity 3688, but the similarities are so distant that you can hardly recognize it! Besides narrowing the skirt panels down, lengthening the skirt, and adding extra panels, I moved seams over more than an inch, topstitched all the seams, added a fly in the front and some cool details. The pink you see is the waistband facing! Well you don't see it while I'm wearing it, but you see it in the picture because I showed it to you! And while there is no picture to prove it, I used a pale pink ribbon to hem it!

Summertime tiered skirt

I had every intention of posting several projects over the last few weeks, but I had problems uploading the pictures correctly and have just now tried again after figuring out what I was doing wrong! :D

I traded some fabric with my sister for this skirt as it isn't her color anyway! She had intended to remake it identically anyway, so I did it (which is why it shows up here). I usually put invisible zippers in skirts, but I just used what was there. If I recall correctly, she used Simplicity 5752.

Project salvage: Retro dress to a skirt!

Before:

My younger sister made this charming dress from a vintage pattern, and while the first from it fit correctly, this one did not. More's-the-pity. During a much-needed wardrobe consultation session with her older sisters, she decided to let me work some magic with it! ;)

Because of the strange method the vintager's had for inserting zippers, I had to narrow the skirt down, which actually turned out to be very good. Using the scraps that little sis had leftover, I inserted the opposite stripe in the skirt. Then I hemmed it and managed to cut the waistband from the extra I cut out of the skirt. I salvaged the invisible zipper from the dress and used a blue piping scrap from my older sister. Some seams, hand sewing and pressing later, and the Cinderella skirt was ready to wear!

It's definitely a favorite-forever project now!

*insert creative title here*

When I saw this skirt panel at the fabric store, I couldn't resist it! Who could?! I made it up at the end of January, but I'm just now getting around to taking and posting pictures. *grin* When I discovered that it wouldn't be quite as long as I like my shorter skirts, I decided to add a ruffle from some pink fabric in my stash.



I sewed pink bias tape along the seamline and waistline. This is the first time I've done that and I love it!



Brown bias tape for the ruffle seamline.




It twirls perfectly.



My sister said it's so Boden. My grandmother wanted to put her shades on when she saw it. Teehee!

Blue Time

I really like layered skirts. It seemed to be the perfect time to make another one that I could wear during the winter with my flannel slip, but also lightweight enough that I could wear during the summer, too. So, I dug this fabric out of my plastic tote and got to work using Simplicity 5752 (which I cannot find on the website). I'm tall and I wanted it quite long, so I had to lengthen each layer to get it the total length that I wished. I forgot to get a picture of the vintage nylon hem tape that I used on the hemline.

"Tie in the blue" skirt

Simplicity 4044 - I pinned the pattern pieces together to eliminate the front and back seams. Love this skirt, but packed it away for next summer!

~Kyna

Brown houndstooth travelling suit!

I used Simplicity 4129 for the jacket and I made the skirt pattern myself. I did love the stir we created at the airports! :D








~Kyna

"It's in the blue" skirt

Butterick 5041. I can't resist beautiful clearance fabric! *sigh* I love pretty linings, lace and bias tape hems, too. Those three combined=practically perfect in every way! :D

The best denim skirt I have ever made!

I used Vogue 8315. As you can see, I altered it quite a bit. :) Immediately noticable is that I made a skirt and it's a dress pattern. I also narrowed the flares down two inches on each piece just so I would have enough fabric and it's plenty full without those extra 16+ inches!



I had to taper the top pieces in to fit my waist and drafted my own waistband pattern. The belt loops and the topstitching make it more casual, but with the right top and shoes it is quite dressy! :D The waistband facing and the hem facing are both brown cotton. I love doing that, but forgot to take a picture!

It works great with sandals for warm weather and I am looking forward to wearing it with tall boots this fall/winter. It is a very versatile weight 100% cotton denim from Joanns, purchased with a coupon, of course! :)

Skirt

Yep, un-ironed and all!

Tan summer skirt

I used McCalls 4783 for this skirt and eliminated the waistband on it by just cutting the skirt piece several inches taller and contouring it. There is a center seam that is not very noticeable. > That is the inside hem.

Pink skirt#2

This one still hasn't been hemmed because I decided to make a different skirt for the event I'd intended it for.

I did not use a pattern; just took it off a already existing skirt. The stripes are chocolate! *happy sigh*

I'll start this...

...with one of my favorite April projects; a black and white skirt for my little sister.