This is a mistake into a project.
I ordered some stretch denim at Stone Fabrics to make a pair of jeans, and when I received it, I saw it had no stretch at all. They were very kind, as usual, and let me have some other fabric in exchange, and they told me I could keep the non-stretch denim. I thought I better did something with it, and I decided a midi skirt would be best.
I used my own pattern, which is perfect, cut it in the middle front to put some snap fasteners. I love putting snap fasteners with my hammer: bam-bam-BAM!
The result is just perfect. It is a lovely skirt for winter and spring, specially when the weather is warm and my legs are not tanned. I don't like to flash my white legs around...
Here I am wearing it with a black top I recently made, using the part I removed from some pregnancy pants I repaired for my not-pregnant-anymore friend.
And with my new Swedish Hasbeens.
What an adventure this project has been!
It started with the accidental buy of the fabric, via Stone Fabrics, as a replacement for a mistake: the denim fabric I ordered did not have stretch at all and they let me choose any replacement. So I choose this seersucker with no particular idea in mind, only because it is a lovely fabric.
I was pondering the different possibilities for months, looking at pinterest for seersucker blouses and dresses... and the first idea was something like this:
I used a previous bodice pattern and used a rectangle to gather the skirt. The result was a total disapointment. It did not flatter my figure at all and I could not see the solution.
Before cutting the skirt into a bottom ruffle and to hell with the idea of a dress I saw Karen's Myostosis dress, a beautiful design I had seen before. Karen's figure is similar to mine, so if it was becoming to her, I could maybe go with it!
I started to alter the bodice, giving it more ease in the lateral seams and in the four darts.
I cut the centre front and added a button placket in both sides and cut a V neckline. I stitched the centre back together.
I made a bottom frill, but that was a gonner. Since the skirt was too short, I finally left the flounce at the bottom with no gathering.
It looks kind of weird, I would have preferred it with horizontal lines, but my fabric was completelly finished.
The result is quite nice. Problem is, autumn has arrived during all this trial and error, so I have not worn it yet in the real world to know how it really feels. Time to sew for autumn now!
