I've been wanting to make some kind of a scalloped skirt for ages.
I bought this reproduction vintage Butterick pattern a few years ago:
I never got around to making it, because the tutor on the only sewing course I've ever taken deemed it unsuitable for a beginner. I'd already cut out the pattern though, and by the time I felt as though I wasn't a beginner any more, it was several sizes too small. Eventually I'll fiddle about with it so that I can make it in my size, but for now, I'm happy to be inspired by the scallops at the waist.
Then last week I saw this amazing Rob Ryan skirt from Clothkits.
Remember Clothkits? The ones with the seventies-style matching mother and daughter dresses, and the little dolls? Well, they've recently undergone the most amazing transformation, and their website has some amazingly cute clothes and dolls to sew!
I was showing this skirt to Paul, and he asked whether you were supposed to cut it out "all wiggly" at the hem. Well, I guess you're not supposed to, but what's stopping you?
I've been wanting to make a fully lined and completely reversible skirt for ages. It suddenly struck me that a skirt with a scalloped hem would be absolutely ideal for this. You have to join the two layers together at the bottom to make the scallops, so you immediately get a fully lined skirt. All you have to do is be neat and tidy about adding an elasticated waistband (have you any idea how difficult it is to buy a reversible zip?), and you magically have two skirts for the price of one!
I traced out my elasticated skirt pattern in my size, and set about adding the scallops to the hem.
As you may have noticed, I am not a mathematician. I used to be pretty good at technical drawing, but this ability with a pencil and compass appears to have deserted me, as it took five attempts to draw out the scallops to the right size!
Over the weekend I plan to make a first draft of this skirt, and see how it turns out. If it goes well, I have plans for the Bishopston organic cottons...
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