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Apr. 10th, 2025 07:49 amGot home last night and started sewing the skirt! It went together really fast. I did a lot of the steps out of order (doing the zipper while the back was still flat, pleating the waist before the sides, etc.) but oh gosh, it is SO cute. Paused when it was time to press seams because it was just after 6 and by golly I was going to make dinner tonight! Also it was time to do the waistband and I hadn't cut it out yet.
Pan of dishes washed (bc the pan I needed was still dirty), dinner made (sliced cremini mushrooms in jarred garlic alfredo sauce over GF pasta), waistband cut and interfaced (and defended from Calcifer). Got that all attached and I think I stretched the waist of the skirt a bit when pinning bc I didn't get nearly the intended overlap. Probably should have fixed that before stitching, definitely before seaming the waistband down, which I did by hand. My poor fingies are not used to pushing a needle anymore! And I must have made myself a travel sewing kit bc neither the packet of needles nor my two! good thimbles were in the regular one. Heck if I know where that is right now, I would have last used it in November. I even stitched a hook and bar on bc that baggie was in the sewing kit. And then -- and then!!! -- I tried it on.
I also put the Honor Roll top on just to see how they work together and OH MY GOODNESS they are both so cute. A+ decision past me, well done. Definitely need to shorten the chest length on the top, when I tried it on last week with a proper bra, the bust darts seemed to low, and last night I wasn't wearing one at all and it looked better.
The skirt is now hanging in the closet to let the hem stretch. You could absolutely make this in one day if not for that pesky detail. And if you have less helpful creatures with foot-knives, and more layout space for the massive skirt pieces, and fully formed pattern pieces. I WILL be making more.
I watched enough of Gertie's sewing tutorials to feel comfortable attempting the lapped zipper, and there was a moment of "omg is this going to work??" as I got to work on the upper part, but it did and this is probably the neatest zipper I have sewn in my life EVER. EVER EVER EVER. Need to get more zippers now, as that was my last black one. I have two white ones, one separating zipper, and a whole bunch of zipper tape and pulls but in a size better suited to outerwear and bag making.
What am I gonna do tonight without that to look forward to??
Pan of dishes washed (bc the pan I needed was still dirty), dinner made (sliced cremini mushrooms in jarred garlic alfredo sauce over GF pasta), waistband cut and interfaced (and defended from Calcifer). Got that all attached and I think I stretched the waist of the skirt a bit when pinning bc I didn't get nearly the intended overlap. Probably should have fixed that before stitching, definitely before seaming the waistband down, which I did by hand. My poor fingies are not used to pushing a needle anymore! And I must have made myself a travel sewing kit bc neither the packet of needles nor my two! good thimbles were in the regular one. Heck if I know where that is right now, I would have last used it in November. I even stitched a hook and bar on bc that baggie was in the sewing kit. And then -- and then!!! -- I tried it on.
I also put the Honor Roll top on just to see how they work together and OH MY GOODNESS they are both so cute. A+ decision past me, well done. Definitely need to shorten the chest length on the top, when I tried it on last week with a proper bra, the bust darts seemed to low, and last night I wasn't wearing one at all and it looked better.
The skirt is now hanging in the closet to let the hem stretch. You could absolutely make this in one day if not for that pesky detail. And if you have less helpful creatures with foot-knives, and more layout space for the massive skirt pieces, and fully formed pattern pieces. I WILL be making more.
I watched enough of Gertie's sewing tutorials to feel comfortable attempting the lapped zipper, and there was a moment of "omg is this going to work??" as I got to work on the upper part, but it did and this is probably the neatest zipper I have sewn in my life EVER. EVER EVER EVER. Need to get more zippers now, as that was my last black one. I have two white ones, one separating zipper, and a whole bunch of zipper tape and pulls but in a size better suited to outerwear and bag making.
What am I gonna do tonight without that to look forward to??
