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The last and most recent project is another skirt based on the skirt Flora wore in "Cold Comfort Farm".
I saw something nasty in the woodshed!
I drafted a version of it a few years ago, couldn't find the pattern recently, so drafted what I hope will be a basic A-line skirt block THAT I WILL KEEP AND NOT LOSE, and added a pleat in both the front and center back seams. This is also the skirt I croquised and subsequently realized the 50s skirt I wanted to make actually needed to be this pleated skirt. Alas, I did not have enough fabric for pockets.
Aaaand after cutting it out noticed holes right down the front - hard to notice on a double layer of fabric. I don't know if they've been there the whole time, or developed because the fabric has been undiscovered in my stash for so long. But I fixed them with a few little squares of fusible knit interfacing.
The pleats are handy both for striding towards a camera while looking grim, and riding a bike while looking like a dork (I'm assuming).
I may need to adjust the block for a swayback, or simply stand up straight.
And since the fabric has a subtle blue pinstripe, it will be a good match for this sweater:
Someone fire the maid for her ironing skills, pronto
I saw something nasty in the woodshed!
I drafted a version of it a few years ago, couldn't find the pattern recently, so drafted what I hope will be a basic A-line skirt block THAT I WILL KEEP AND NOT LOSE, and added a pleat in both the front and center back seams. This is also the skirt I croquised and subsequently realized the 50s skirt I wanted to make actually needed to be this pleated skirt. Alas, I did not have enough fabric for pockets.
Aaaand after cutting it out noticed holes right down the front - hard to notice on a double layer of fabric. I don't know if they've been there the whole time, or developed because the fabric has been undiscovered in my stash for so long. But I fixed them with a few little squares of fusible knit interfacing.
The pleats are handy both for striding towards a camera while looking grim, and riding a bike while looking like a dork (I'm assuming).
I may need to adjust the block for a swayback, or simply stand up straight.
And since the fabric has a subtle blue pinstripe, it will be a good match for this sweater:
Someone fire the maid for her ironing skills, pronto
