70's Velvet
Hiya!
A couple months ago Carolyn of Diary of a Sewing Fanatic organized a wine and cheese night at Kashi's fabric store, otherwise known as Metro Textile. Being an Instagram follower of Carolyn's I was lucky enough to get word and was able to make the occasion. In addition to meeting a lot of lovely sewists it was super fun and the velvet I used for this skirt was one of the direct outcomes of that night.
I thought the color and texture of this fabric lent itself really well for Autumn/Winter wear, so I paired it with this pattern that has a midi length and deep center pleat to make sure it would be weather appropriate.
A couple months ago Carolyn of Diary of a Sewing Fanatic organized a wine and cheese night at Kashi's fabric store, otherwise known as Metro Textile. Being an Instagram follower of Carolyn's I was lucky enough to get word and was able to make the occasion. In addition to meeting a lot of lovely sewists it was super fun and the velvet I used for this skirt was one of the direct outcomes of that night.
This is Simplicity 5921. A pattern from the 70's that came with pattern pieces for this skirt (obviously), a pair of slacks, a cardigan. When I saw this fabric on the bolt, I knew this was the pattern I was going to make and it came out pretty much as I had envisioned (pats myself on the back ;o)). This was the first time I worked with velvet and I didn't find it to be overly 'different'. I should mention, however, my fabric suffered some un-reparable nicks when I ungracefully shoved it in my stash before sewing... Ooops. So, be nice to your stash folks!
I thought the color and texture of this fabric lent itself really well for Autumn/Winter wear, so I paired it with this pattern that has a midi length and deep center pleat to make sure it would be weather appropriate.
In general I'm happy with hoe it came out but, if I make this skirt again I think I'll make one change. The pattern has a flat rectangular waistband piece and tends to sit away from my waist a little so I think if I could draft a curved waistband it would be a little better. Not the biggest deal, but defiantly could be improved. One change I did make to the pattern this time around was I added a lining. A super sassy lining. The picture isn't super clear, but this was leftover fabric from this cascade skirt I made back in April. This was again to help make it more Autumn/Winter appropriate.
Anyways, that's about I have to say on this one and I guess this will be my last post of 2016. I have a couple things that are nearly finished, so I hope 2017 will be off to a more prolific blogging start. :o)
Happy Almost New Years Peeps!
Kten
Very nice. I remember that night at Metro
ReplyDeleteThank you! Yea I remember briefly meeting, you had your beautiful hand knit black and white shawl you made :o) (I secretly want to make one just like it). :o)
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