It's from the Alabama Chanin Gored Skirt pattern in the book called Alabama Studio Style, p101.
When the skirt is dirty, I find myself willing to do laundry just to get to this garment again. I'm thinking a 2nd one is in my future.
The instructions in the book is to do everything by hand.
I wanted to follow the instructions, but you know...I've never been one to follow the rules.
The important part of sewing jersey on a machine is to get yourself a jersey-friendly ball-tip needle for your machine. I did that for less that $4 on Amazon.
It worked well, and I used pins when putting the seams together.
The top layer of the garment is black and the bottom layer is a dark charcoal. I didn't actually have 4 yards of any fabric, so that is why I ended up with 2 colors. It didn't matter much since it was an experiment anyhow and I was really just making it to see if it would fit.
After it was finished, I put an elastic waistband in using fold over elastic I got from the Alabama Chanin web site. I also used the felled seam technique, hand sewing to have the excess seam fabric lay flat. I was not sure if this was a good idea initially but I LOVE the look and will be doing this on all my jersey seams from now on.
I'm thinking of making a more complex project soon. Something similar to the skirt made by Bowersette of the From These Hands blog, perhaps.
Until I get more than 5 minutes to rub together, it looks like I'll be washing (and re-washing!) this skirt.
This piece of clothing has become so popular (and rightly so!) that it is now known affectionately as "skirt" around the house...
ReplyDeleteI think I need to buy you some more fabric to make another my dear!
Lovely! I so enjoy your AC posts--keep 'em coming!
ReplyDeleteI've made two "test" corsets out of recycled tees from Goodwill and am ready to get started on the real deal.
As a former appliquer my stitches are pretty small, but I'm still nervous about how they'd hold up over the long term. I was thinking of doing exactly what you did--machine stitching for construction, and flat-felling/embellishing by hand.
That tears it. I've been wanting to make an Alabama Chanin inspired skirt. Now I've got my stash of gently used tees in a heap on the studio floor, and my AC books in my lap as I type.
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