How do? Here's another project that I have had finished for a little while but did not get the chance to share yet. I made this skirt right before Christmas (and wore it for Christmas Eve), but since the PIC and I journeyed back to the homeland for Christmas, I had not had time to get this on the blog.The fabric is from Hancock Fabrics. It's a cotton print that I found, after hours of searching, in the quilting cottons. For a pattern, I used the instructions from Sew What! Skirts by Francesca DenHartog. This is made from a basic A-line pattern, drawn out on the fabric using my measurements. It's an exaggerated A-line, though, so it's kind of between an A-line and a round skirt in skirt width (for what I like to call the "swishy factor"). I drew out the pattern on two pieces of fabric, a front and a back.
The skirt features a drawstring waist--the string, itself, made from some of the leftover fabric. I used large black rickrack to accent the hemline. The PIC said that he was OK with the rickrack, but only because it is half hidden by the skirt, so it resembles more of a deckled edge than it does rickrack. (He really abhors rickrack!)
The book's instructions call for a pocket, too, but I did not add one to this skirt. Maybe next time. The instructions in the book were pretty easy to follow, and I think the end results are nice. I know one thing's for sure: I am getting SO MUCH BETTER at sewing straight lines. Trust me, my procrastinatin' pj pants (see first post from last year) were a little bit sketchy in comparison to this skirt.
Wiedersehen!
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The PIC was more OK with the rickrack on the skirt then on the coasters. Perhaps because the skirt hemline partially covers the rickrack, so it's not a full view of rickrack. You would have to ask him about his hatred of rickrack, but it does stem from childhood. I myself enjoy rickrack, in sensible moderation of course.