Do you remember the $9 dress with the broken zip that I made into a dress for Pippa? Well, there was a Madeleine project as well. You can imagine in our household that I have to be very mindful of sharing my sewing time around. There is often a gentle (or not so gentle!) prompt from one of my girls if they feel like they are being hard done by on the sewing front!
So in the interests of being equal - Madeleine's skirt. It started as a woman's size 14 skirt.It was $9 and it also had a broken zip.
So in the interests of being equal - Madeleine's skirt. It started as a woman's size 14 skirt.It was $9 and it also had a broken zip.
The bits I liked about it were the fabric and those cute pockets. I also liked the pleating in the skirt. The waist band was quite peculiar - it was pieced on an angle and had funny offset belt loops.
Madeleine was so excited by the concept of having a grown-up skirt re-modeled for her that she didn't want to wait for anything fancy. She said "Just cut the top off Mummy and put a piece of elastic in for the waist". In some ways I think I should have taken her advice, but I wanted something a little more challenging.
I made an exciting discovery - the inside of the waist band had been finished with the same contrast fabric as the pockets. So I made it narrower and flipped it so you can now see the binding. I kept all the fullness from the original skirt and made lots of pleats to reduce it to the size of the new waist band. I made sure I positioned the pleats so they sat either side of those gorgeous pockets. I didn't want them disappearing into any of those folds. I covered some buttons with the left over fabric scraps and added some button holes to the waist band.
Madeleine was so excited by the concept of having a grown-up skirt re-modeled for her that she didn't want to wait for anything fancy. She said "Just cut the top off Mummy and put a piece of elastic in for the waist". In some ways I think I should have taken her advice, but I wanted something a little more challenging.
I made an exciting discovery - the inside of the waist band had been finished with the same contrast fabric as the pockets. So I made it narrower and flipped it so you can now see the binding. I kept all the fullness from the original skirt and made lots of pleats to reduce it to the size of the new waist band. I made sure I positioned the pleats so they sat either side of those gorgeous pockets. I didn't want them disappearing into any of those folds. I covered some buttons with the left over fabric scraps and added some button holes to the waist band.
This skirt has been very popular to wear to school over summer . It's very cool and a little twirly!
There are a few other bits and pieces you may be interested in.
1. Madeleine takes her modelling very seriously!!!!
There are a few other bits and pieces you may be interested in.
1. Madeleine takes her modelling very seriously!!!!
2. We have a new page where you can find all the tutorials we have created.
3. I haven't forgotten the promised tutorials. I apologise for being slack. Life has got very busy for us over the last 4 weeks. I hope to have felt morning chart and the knitting needle case tutorials up and running in the next few weeks. Stay tuned!
3. I haven't forgotten the promised tutorials. I apologise for being slack. Life has got very busy for us over the last 4 weeks. I hope to have felt morning chart and the knitting needle case tutorials up and running in the next few weeks. Stay tuned!
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