I was making a very simple gathered skirt with an elastic waist yesterday, and I remembered that I already had a tutorial for that style.
The tutorial is over here, and you can also download a PDF version.
There are no pictures in the version on the blog (computer failure, oops), but there are pictures in the [...]

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No, not the nose-wiggling variety, nor the Ella Fitzgerald song… but the Alexander Henry fabric of the same name!
I’ve made dozens of these simple elasticated skirts now, and I never cease to be pleased with how prettily they turn out.
I’ve been asked to write up a tutorial for drafting the pattern in your own size, [...]

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Here’s what I’ve been up to this week - two skirts and two jackets.

The two skirts are both made from Alexander Henry fabrics.
The left hand one is “Carnaby Stripe”, and it’s a knee-length skirt with an elasticated waist and broderie anglais trimming around the hem. The right hand one is “The Rose Tattoo”, and it’s an [...]

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Remember the scalloped skirt that I started working on the other day?
I’ve just finished it, and I’m really pleased!
(Please excuse the gormless squinty face - that’s the first time I’ve used the self-timer on the camera, and I couldn’t tell when it had taken the picture!)

Ta-daa! Two views of the same skirt. This is [...]

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I’ve been wanting to make some kind of a scalloped skirt for ages.
I bought this reproduction vintage Butterick pattern a few years ago:

I never got around to making it, because the tutor on the only sewing course I’ve ever taken deemed it unsuitable for a beginner. I’d already cut out the pattern though, and by [...]

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This is my latest experiment - a circle skirt with an elasticated waistband. For those of you who read my elasticated a-line skirt tutorial, this one is made in exactly the same way. Instead of being triangular, the pattern piece is a quarter circle, which you then cut on a double fold in the fabric.
You [...]

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I had been planning to make some slippers today, but I realised that I was missing a vital ingredient - the soles! I’ll work on those another time.
Instead, I fished out two pairs of my fiancé’s trousers, which had been in a box destined for the charity shop. They were made from a really nice [...]

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I’ve seen the doctor again, and have been diagnosed with “secondary viral labyrinthitis”. Sounds more exciting than it is, I promise! I have been instructed not to stay in bed feeling sorry for myself, but instead to “potter about” doing a few gentle bits and pieces.
And so, I present to you another skirt:

This one’s made [...]

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This morning I’ve made a skirt, as a surprise for my Mum. Who probably won’t be very surprised by the time she receives it, given that she reads this blog!
We had just one small piece of this fabric at work, and it was exactly enough to make one of my elasticated waist skirts. I thought [...]

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This skirt is another commission for Lisa. I wasn’t sure whether the print would be too big for it to work properly, but I’m actually really pleased with the way it’s come out.
Considering the age this duvet cover must be, the fabric’s in absolutely excellent condition. I’ll probably make another skirt out of what I [...]

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