As planned, I got up bright and early on Friday morning to finish my first ever skirt. All I had to do was sew in the zip, do the waistband and hem it...an easy mornings work.
First the zip. I read my Alison Smith book, I watched some YouTube videos, I stitched the seam up to the zipper point then basted the rest. I pressed the seam and hand tacked the zip in place. I then tried to secure the zip.
Three hours later, I had a zip that was passable, not pretty, not close to perfect, but unlikely to fall out. I need to do a lot more research and practise with zips, does anyone have any favourite tutorials?
Then on to the waistband, where I placed the interfacing over the material and pressed, resulting in a lovely big load of interfacing stuck to my iron. I worked out how to get the rest to just stick to the material, and moved on. I attached the waistband to the top of the skirt, pinned in place and sewed. It looked like one of the best rows of stitching I had ever done, neat, straight, just perfect. Unfortunately, when I went to press it, I noticed I had caught one of the folds of fabric in the stitching, so had to rip it all out again, ripping the fabric too in one place. When I tried to pin it in place again, it no longer seemed to fit, the waistband was too short! I have no idea what has happened, but at that point the whole project was folded up and put away, I'll try again another day.
I also did manage to very successfully start my lovely flowery skirt, though trying to lay out 5m of fabric in a 2.5m space was quite a lot of fun. My lining should arrive this morning, and I hope to finish that one over the weekend.
My comic material didn't arrive until yesterday, so have not started that one yet, but planning to make that up tonight so I can wear it to dress down Friday tomorrow, and to my course at night.
I think I may have caught the sewing bug though, last night my husband asked me what was wrong, as I looked both in pain and frustrated. I had to confess that I was really annoyed I couldn't do any sewing as my leg was insisting I be horizontal.
I hate to do a blog with no photos, so thought I would end by posting one of the vintage patterns I managed to get hold of. They are all vintage size 16s, so I think I have about 6" to lose off my waist before I make them, but what an incentive!! I normally go for 1950's styles, but these just looked so much fun (though only planning to make the maxi skirt rather thanh the crazy blouse!)
Sometimes the best laid plans don't go to plan. I realise when i have to sideline something for another day. The vintage patterns look fun.
ReplyDeleteThanks, I think I'll try the skirt first.
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