So, this is a bit of a departure from the type of thing I’ve been sewing lately – in fact it’s a skirt pattern that came from my first business, about eight or nine years ago.
There are four layers of skirt altogether, each with four panels for fullness. The inside three layers are black net, trimmed with red gathered lace. The top layer is skulls-and-roses print cotton, trimmed with the very last piece of black gathered broderie anglais in my stash. Fabric Land haven’t had any of this in stock for a long time, and I don’t quite know what I’m going to do without it. It really is absolutely my favourite kind of trim.
(Is it silly to have a favourite kind of trim? I do, anyway.)
The waistband is another favourite – red bomber-jacker elastic, also from Fabric Land. it’s made in the same way as all of my elasticated skirts – simply divided into quarters and zig-zagged into place.
I haven’t worn a skirt this short for years – in fact I’m not at all convinced that it’s actually long enough to cover my bottom, or that a person of my advancing years should be seen in it at all. I suspect I will be very grateful indeed for a pair of black leggings to wear underneath!
I’ve recently bought two patterns from a Fabric store and am determined to make my own dresses. I love this skirt!!!! It’s so cool that I’ve printed off the elasticated skirt tutorial and I’m going to try my best to make it. However in your description, you said that there were four layers, three of them net fabric. However, the elasticated skirt tutorial doesn’t have anyhting bout that…how do I add the three layers of net fabric to the elasticated skirt to get this one??
Thanks!!
Jenn
(All the way from NZ!)
Hi Jenn, glad you like the skirt!
To make the net layers, I simply cut out the skirt pattern four times – once in fabric, and three times in net. You then sew each layer into a separate skirt, and join the four together with a row of stitching around the top. This gives you one skirt with four layers, and you can sew on the elastic waistband. I hope that makes sense!
Claire