I may be getting a little bit ahead of myself since I don't have a finished skirt yet. But my mojo and my Better Judgement have been high fiving each other and doing a happy dance for the last few days over this collaboration.
It's muslin 1.0 of my self drafted pencil skirt with no alterations. I normally try to avoid muslin photos because I think you can drive yourself crazy trying to eradicate every slight wrinkle, pucker and shadow that the camera accentuates. But because this muslin fits so much better on the first baste than just about anything I've sewn out of an envelope before, well.... it's happy dance time! Seriously, my Better Judgement is blasting How Ya Like Me Now and acting uncharacteristically smug.
As a reminder, I used Kenneth Kings "The Skirts" CD book to draft the sloper. I'll do a review when I have a finished skirt. From the sloper I added seam allowances and was off and running.
In this first version, the high hip needs a little reshaping to get rid of the elephant ears and the thighs need a bit more ease. So, I made those changes and did a second try on. Bingo! Things were nearly perfect.
I don't know about you, but I write on my muslins so that when I go to make changes to the pattern, I know exactly where and how much.
I transferred all the changes back to my sloper pattern plus one addition. My thighs pull the seams a little toward the front. So, I transferred a little from the back to the front to make the seam perpendicular to the floor.
Anyway, at this point, I'm pretty thrilled with the results. I even impulsively bought more fabric to sew another pencil skirt after I finish the wax cloth version, which will be cut shortly. My mind is all lit up with the possible variations I could make.
Anyway, I've decided to take extra time off for the Labor Day weekend. So, there will be lots of sewing, I hope. Stay tuned!
Apologies for the really bad selfie |
As a reminder, I used Kenneth Kings "The Skirts" CD book to draft the sloper. I'll do a review when I have a finished skirt. From the sloper I added seam allowances and was off and running.
In this first version, the high hip needs a little reshaping to get rid of the elephant ears and the thighs need a bit more ease. So, I made those changes and did a second try on. Bingo! Things were nearly perfect.
I don't know about you, but I write on my muslins so that when I go to make changes to the pattern, I know exactly where and how much.
I transferred all the changes back to my sloper pattern plus one addition. My thighs pull the seams a little toward the front. So, I transferred a little from the back to the front to make the seam perpendicular to the floor.
This should have said "from back to front". But I still made the adjustment correctly. |
Anyway, at this point, I'm pretty thrilled with the results. I even impulsively bought more fabric to sew another pencil skirt after I finish the wax cloth version, which will be cut shortly. My mind is all lit up with the possible variations I could make.
Anyway, I've decided to take extra time off for the Labor Day weekend. So, there will be lots of sewing, I hope. Stay tuned!