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It took longer than I had hoped, but I have finally finished my very first circle skirt! Yay! *does a dance*
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There were some tears along the way ~ I had to restart the waist band about five times and on the last time I accidentally ended up making a small hole in the fabric which I then had to mend with an iron on patch before I could finish sewing the waistband down. : / I wasn’t very happy about that!
Also the crinoline gave me a bit of a headache ~ I couldn’t find a pattern to make one the way I wanted too, so I ended up winging it! It worked out ok; and I rather like what I did with it ~ it was just wrestling with the yards of tulle that had me hopping mad every so often. ; P
This embroidered patch pocket took me all week to do, but it was fun, although it was a bit tricky. I didn’t have an embroidery hoop {which I will buy for next time!} and I could have used a stiffening spray, but I found out about it too late. Still, it worked reasonably well, and I like the pattern I came up with. I just freehanded it with tailor's chalk onto the fabric and it turned out ok. My favourite is the poppy~type flower that I used split stitch & french knots for.
Aaaand here we have the reverse side in action!
Outfit One: Fascinator ~ Me~Made Shirt ~ Thrifted Belt ~ Valley Girl Gloves ~ Love Vintage Clothes Show Circle Skirt ~ Me~Made Shoes ~ Thrifted
Outfit Two: 1950s Hat ~ Love Vintage Clothes Show Floral Top ~ Thrifted Belt ~ JayJay’s
Circle Skirt ~ Me~Made Gloves ~ Thrifted Shoes ~ FSW
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~ Project Details ~
Pattern: Tea length self drafted full circle skirt ~ 28” from waist to hem
Fabric: I have no idea how much fabric I used, but I thrifted two sheets {for $5.00 ea}and when I cut my skirt{s} out I had leftovers!
Notions: One zipper {$1.00}, three buttons {$4.00}, white & black lace {$10.00}.
Time to complete: Aggess…. If I had to guesstimate; probably about 10? Way too long for such an easy project… But that’s ok, with practise I’ll get faster.
Make/Wear again? Yes!! I want one in wool, one in corduroy, one in a floral print, one in a boarder print… I love circle skirts. ^ ω ^
Total Cost: $25.00
xox,
bonita
