A Quick Skirt - Purple, Plaid and Satin
My daughter and I cleaned out my fabric on Saturday, weeding out fabrics that neither of us liked and fabric that there wasn't enough to do anything with (but will be great BTW, for costumes!). While going through the fabrics, we also made note of fabrics we could use in coming seasons. As soon as my daughter saw the plaid, she wanted it and knew exactly what she wanted: a circle skirt.
The fabric came from a friendly blog read, xtspenguin, from Scotland. I've been saving the fabric and my daughter loved it so much that I felt this was the right project. I pulled out my trusty circle skirt pattern (vintage Vogue 5106), and was able to cut out a circle skirt, but was a little short on fabric to get the length I wanted. No problem. I had an idea.
Another friend of mine had given me a lot of satin (which I do use for various embellishment techniques) and I happen to have had a nice piece of purple that exactly matched the purple in the plaid. I cut 9" wide bias strips, folded them in half, seamed them together and steamed them into shape. After that, I seamed them to the skirt with the serger. The beauty of this treatment was that I also finished the hem at the same time.
I added a waistband with elastic (her waist size is still variable, so elastic is a good thing), and that was it! She loves it, and is happy to have something new that fits, now that she's growing out of her nicer church clothes. A big thank you from both of us to you, xtspenguin!
Parting Shot: Turtle Action. I wore the Burda turtle dress to coach Fine Arts this morning. Very comfortable and warm, and with tights and flats, perfect for school.
13 comments:
Wonderful purple skirt! I do like that dress on you. You could also probably dress it up quite fancy too, with the right accessories, eh?
I love both outfits revealed on this post... and can't wait to see Sis in the a.DOR.able skirt! I think I could cut and sew circle skirts blindfolded. I made hundreds of "poodle" skirts years ago for a local '50s diner. All the waitresses wore them with white blouses I sewed matching French cuffs to the short sleeves. They were cute! At Christmastime they had tartan plaids, perfect for Midwest winter. Wouldn't that satin have looked cute on the bottom!
Lovely detail to a great looking skirt. And the turtle dress is super too.
I bet this looks great on DD. That's a beautiful plaid! The turtle dress with the red belt and flats is awfully cute too.
Love that plaid skirt! And I live in t-necks all winter long, so I LOVE that one.
Olá querida passei para conhecer seu cantinho e amei,também gosto de costurar,não são tão bonitas como a sua,mas da para enganar,já estou te seguindo te convido a me fazer uma visita,vou amar se deixar um comentário.
bju.
Arlete
http://arleteatelie.blogspot.com/
I love both pieces! And I'm so glad that you were able to get your Burda turtleneck dress to work so well!
Love the skirt! Of course, I love Scotland too!
Love the purple! The plaid makes a very interesting visual in a circle skirt!
Oh, but what a gorgeous skirt!!
I love your outfit as well.
The skirt looks great and the satin border was a very nice touch!
Love your outfit!
That's what I get for not reading for a wee while!
The skirt looks great!!! I knew you'd be the one to do something interesting with a check. Glad it's been used and appreciated.
Lovely surprise - you are both very welcome!
Cheers,
AJ
(still me, just a slight change of name!)
Beautiful plaid skirt. The satin makes it special.
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