Beginning supplies: some rick racks and trims, tape measure, thread, scissors, large scrap of silk, jacket fabric, pins.
My sogro gave me some sort of fabric that is usually made into suit jackets. It's pretty old and rather discolored in some spaces. I thought it might make a simple skirt. This is a ruff rectangle that I thought would cover my butt.
Measuring the size I will need to pull it up over my butt without buttons or zippers because I don't feel like tackling that for this project.
I had to fight Pila for the scrap of silk: she thought it was a special space for her to sleep.
I'm not sure how long this piece was, but if I had to guess I would say about three yards.
Since this jacket fabric frays like a mofo, I ran a zig zag up the raw edge before folding over and hemming.
Pin and hem.
Elastic for the waist line.
I also cut a 20cm by 20cm square for a pocket because pockets are important.
I thought it would be fun to add rick rack details, but later I decided to sort of cover them up. I also added a small loop for my pocket watch to hook on.
Zig zag the elastic on the top, about 3 cm overlap..
...then fold over and strait stitch for the waistline. Stretch as you go.
Three yards of silk got ruffled down to 100 cm of skirt.
Pin it all down, sort of covering the rick rack - if you pull down the ruff edge, you will still see it. I like the look of ruff edges.
Pin the skirt down the back, right sides together...
.... one strait stitch down the back.
Then I did a short strait stitch folding the seam out.
And here we have a finished skirt. Not sure how much I like the fit, it's a bit "bubbly" on the top part, probably because the jacket fabric is not made to have elastic in it. Also, I think I would have left the pocket on the inside, or made it a bit smaller.
Redoing this project, I would have made the top band smaller and cut off a small layer of the silk to add a band on the top to encase the elastic instead.
On to the next project!
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