The other evening I drafted a pattern for a 12-gore skirt following the instructions found here. The next day I cut gores from worn out pairs of jeans! Now I have a gorgeous denim gored skirt.
I used 1 1/2-inch wide elastic in the waist and designed it to sit on my hips rather than my true waist. I’m so short waisted that if I wore bottoms at my actual waist…well, it wouldn’t be pretty! I plan to reuse some of the original belt loops so I can wear a belt with it…let’s just say that a toddler and an elastic-waist skirt are a recipe for disaster!
You can see a few places where I removed pockets before cutting my gores – adds character, don’t you think? And a skirt without a pocket is simply ill-conceived, so I reused a pocket from one of Hubby’s pairs of jeans. Now I can carry my cell phone when I run errands!
Thursday, January 5, 2012
12-gore denim skirt
Labels:
clothing reconstruction,
pattern drafting,
Sewing
A New Member of the Family…sort of
Meet Santa Budurdo, the newest member of our family. For some reason, Miss M and Little Guy have decided that a pair of nose glasses (usually combined with a brown curly wig) is the costume of “Santa Budurdo.” The imagination and ingenuity of children will never cease to amaze me!
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Queen-sized Country panel quilt
A few months ago I was given some quilting panels featuring country style scenes of houses, barns, churches, and schools. We’ve been wishing for a large quilt to cuddle under on the couch, so I designed a quilt around the panels and set to work.
Now quilting is not my forte! I got the thing assembled without too much trouble, but trying to quilt a queen-sized quilt on a regular sewing machine falls somewhere between insanity and a feat of strength!
I pieced the back as well since fabric doesn’t usually come in “queen size.” I bought quilt binding to finish it off ‘cause by that time I was ready to be DONE! I took tons of shortcuts and there are loads of imperfections, but at least now we have a usable quilt!
Now quilting is not my forte! I got the thing assembled without too much trouble, but trying to quilt a queen-sized quilt on a regular sewing machine falls somewhere between insanity and a feat of strength!
I pieced the back as well since fabric doesn’t usually come in “queen size.” I bought quilt binding to finish it off ‘cause by that time I was ready to be DONE! I took tons of shortcuts and there are loads of imperfections, but at least now we have a usable quilt!
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