Brown Corduroy Skirt - Burda 5/10 #106 

v. 2.0

I'm making the same pattern that I just used for the navy skirt again, but this time in chocolate brown wide wale corduroy and with some modifications.  Because the fabric is corduroy and I'm not overly fond of the zipper finish (although, I wore the skirt to church last night and it was just fine), I'm making the following changes:

1. Moving the zipper to center back and making it an invisible zipper.  This is easy.  The front is now cut on a fold and the back is cut in two pieces with a seam allowance at center back.  
2. Getting rid of the welt pockets.  These aren't impossible in corduroy, but the resulting bulk isn't exactly going to be slimming in front tummy/thigh area.  Instead, side seam pockets are going to be made.
3. To reduce bulk in the pockets and waist facing, I'm using a thinner cotton print.  

Since I've already added the extra darts to the pattern, and moving the zipper involves only a cutting change, the only thing I needed was a pocket piece.  That problem was easily solved too when I noticed that right above the line drawings for the skirts in Burda was the dress section with a dress that had pockets in the side seams.  This is a cute dress - Cidell made one this summer - but the pocket pattern piece was what I needed.  So I traced it off.

Here's the cotton print I'm using for the pockets and waistband facing.  I'm really happy with it.  I did have a brown paisley picked out (and I do love a good paisley!), but I saw this one and I actually smiled when I saw it, so I knew it was the right one. Not that anyone will see it, but I like it!

To make sure no one will see the pockets and linings, I've made the pockets partially out of corduroy.

This is how I did it:

1.  I cut the pocket piece of out the contrast fabric. 

2.  I cut some rectangles of the fashion fabric.  These are longer than the pocket piece and about 2 1/2" wide.

3.  The fashion fabric rectangles are placed about 1 1/2" from the side seam edge of the pocket and then stitched right sides together with a 1/2" or so seam.  \

4.  The contrast fabric is then pressed open to the side seam side.

5.  The pocket is turned over and the fashion fabric is trimmed to the proper shape.  You could use the pattern piece for this, but the contrast pocket is right there so why not?

6.  The excess contrast pocket fabric is trimmed away from underneath the fashion fabric, for more bulk reduction.  If the two fabrics are not bulky, this step can be skipped.  The seam is then pressed open.

Now the pockets are ready to assemble.

I'm hoping to get this skirt done over the weekend.  Next up:  developments on GTDD.

Parting Shot:  In the Act.  So, I'm trying to take pictures for this post and who decides to show up and prance around the photo shoot?  Oh yeah, that's *my* cat, Kiwi.  She still doesn't trust or like the other family members.