Inspired by Stitched in Color's Flirting the Issue Sew Along, I was excited to quickly whip up a skirt. The sew along was based on the Flirting the Issue Skirt by Anna Maria Horner, which is a free project download from her (Anna Maria Horner's) website. I dug through my stash, found the beautiful Anna Maria Horner voile seen above, made a quick trip to the store for some muslin (for the lining) and enough elastic to make that gorgeous waist. Three supplies, super easy.
The skirt is very easy to make, two rectangles, mine were cut at 19" tall by the width of fabric twice, which ended up being more than twice my waist measurement, so this skirt is very full. Once the rectangles are sewn, you stitch the outer fabric to the lining and then create four channels for the elastic. The most time consuming part is threading all the elastic, but I used my car rider line time effectively, then came home and finished it up. The hem was super quick and the last step, voila, you have a finished beautiful skirt.
Well beautiful on a hanger and not necessarily on me. It fits, it is the right length, but honestly I think it is too full for my frame. I don't necessarily think it is horrible on me, and I definitely need to find the perfect shirt to wear with it (which will help a lot,) it just isn't that flattering. Oh well, lesson learned, next time I will stick with the straight skirt. But for now I will enjoy the glorious waist band, which is my favorite part and the main reason I decided to make the skirt, oh I love those gathers! You can see my lining fabric, or inside of my skirt below.
I'm linking up my finished (in about 3 hours) Flirting the Issue skirt with Stitched in Color's linky party! Rachel did a great job illustrating the steps and talking your through each section making this skirt even easier to put together. A great project for a beginner! Thank you Rachel!
Well beautiful on a hanger and not necessarily on me. It fits, it is the right length, but honestly I think it is too full for my frame. I don't necessarily think it is horrible on me, and I definitely need to find the perfect shirt to wear with it (which will help a lot,) it just isn't that flattering. Oh well, lesson learned, next time I will stick with the straight skirt. But for now I will enjoy the glorious waist band, which is my favorite part and the main reason I decided to make the skirt, oh I love those gathers! You can see my lining fabric, or inside of my skirt below.
I'm linking up my finished (in about 3 hours) Flirting the Issue skirt with Stitched in Color's linky party! Rachel did a great job illustrating the steps and talking your through each section making this skirt even easier to put together. A great project for a beginner! Thank you Rachel!
Lastly I need to take care of a little business, time for me to post the winner of the Juliana Horner fabric bundle below from Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day! The Random Number Generator from Random.org chose number 74, which was Beth T. Congratulations Beth, whom I already contacted, she quickly responded and I already shipped the fabrics to her, enjoy them Beth! Thanks to all that entered and all my new followers!
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