I've just finished the toile for Shira's skirt, and her whole outfit is now in the post. Once Shira's tried it on, she can give me some feedback, and I can start work on the Real Thing.
The skirt is Simplicity 4401, view F. It's a fishtail style - fitted at the top, and flared out from below the knees. The fabric we'll be using for the real thing is a shimmery viscose, which is wonderfully soft and drapey.
Thankfully, the viscose fabric also very clearly has a right and a wrong side. this should help to prevent me from making the same stupid mistake that I've just made on the mock-up!
I managed to sew one side front/side back panel together back to front, so for the mock-up, Shira will have to negotiate an inconvenient hip-shaped seam over her stomach. Oops.
Normally I would have undone the seam and started again. Unfortunately I didn't realise what I'd done until after I'd overlocked all the seams, and I didn't have enough plain black fabric left to make the skirt again. We're also running on quite a tight deadline, so I made the executive decision that it was better to send a mock-up with a mistake in it, than to risk rushing the final skirt and end up doing something even more daft.
I'm extremely cross with myself for making such a ridiculous mistake - such is the peril of using a fabric without an obvious right and wrong side! Still, at least it wasn't on the real thing, and I don't think it's a mistake I'll be making again any time soon.
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