Sewing project - size 6 pencil skirt to size 0 A line
Sorry about the delay (promised this back in a January post), job search got in the way. Now that I got the job I wanted, back to my hobbies.
This skirt caught my eye at a garage sale because of its interesting weave. I took a gamble and bought it, not knowing how I would put together outfits with it. I tend to stick to solid neutrals for winter, so I thought this might inject some color and variety in my wardrobe. It was obviously way too big, but I have decided not to let that stop me.
Here is a bad picture of the skirt, before alterations. It is labeled as a size 6. I think it was meant to be a knee-length, pencil skirt. I don't have a good frontal picture, but it's got unsightly riding pants-like flaps where they don't belong, since the hips of the skirt sit at the level of my upper thighs.
The cut and design of the skirt immediately suggested a way to proceed with downsizing it. My biggest worry was the zipper. The skirt is lined, but the separate waistband made it easy to modify the skirt without having to mess too much with the lining. I did have to mess with the zipper, though.
I wanted to 1) make the skirt fit around the waist and hips, 2) shorten it and 3) change it to an A line, since I had the extra fabric. I thought the fringed wrap would look cuter on an A line. And A line is my favorite skirt design. It's flattering on most figures.
I started by separating the main body of the skirt from the lining and the waistband. The lining was attached to the waistband independently, so that made the job easier.
I worked on the lining and the outer part separately. The first step was to shave a couple inches around the waistline and straight down. I left the side of the liner with the zipper untouched and instead took all the necessary fabric off of the left side.
Next I worked on the outer shell. I shortened the skirt from the top, as I couldn't touch the fringe bottom. I took off inches on both sides to preserve the placement of the slit. I cut the skirt in an A line shape.
I reattached the modified shell to the lining, setting the zipper back in (a pain). Finally, I shortened the lining so it wouldn't stick out from the bottom of the skirt by 3 inches.
And voila, a cute, mini-woman-worthy A line skirt. It is a lot shorter on me than the original even though I shortened the skirt by only 3 inches because it went from sitting on my hips to sitting at the waist, as it was supposed to. The multiple colors (which I thought looked pretty) make putting outfits together with the skirt easier than I thought and a lot of fun. It even looks cute with my electric purple coat.
This skirt caught my eye at a garage sale because of its interesting weave. I took a gamble and bought it, not knowing how I would put together outfits with it. I tend to stick to solid neutrals for winter, so I thought this might inject some color and variety in my wardrobe. It was obviously way too big, but I have decided not to let that stop me.
The cut and design of the skirt immediately suggested a way to proceed with downsizing it. My biggest worry was the zipper. The skirt is lined, but the separate waistband made it easy to modify the skirt without having to mess too much with the lining. I did have to mess with the zipper, though.
I wanted to 1) make the skirt fit around the waist and hips, 2) shorten it and 3) change it to an A line, since I had the extra fabric. I thought the fringed wrap would look cuter on an A line. And A line is my favorite skirt design. It's flattering on most figures.
I started by separating the main body of the skirt from the lining and the waistband. The lining was attached to the waistband independently, so that made the job easier.
I worked on the lining and the outer part separately. The first step was to shave a couple inches around the waistline and straight down. I left the side of the liner with the zipper untouched and instead took all the necessary fabric off of the left side.
Next I worked on the outer shell. I shortened the skirt from the top, as I couldn't touch the fringe bottom. I took off inches on both sides to preserve the placement of the slit. I cut the skirt in an A line shape.
I reattached the modified shell to the lining, setting the zipper back in (a pain). Finally, I shortened the lining so it wouldn't stick out from the bottom of the skirt by 3 inches.
And voila, a cute, mini-woman-worthy A line skirt. It is a lot shorter on me than the original even though I shortened the skirt by only 3 inches because it went from sitting on my hips to sitting at the waist, as it was supposed to. The multiple colors (which I thought looked pretty) make putting outfits together with the skirt easier than I thought and a lot of fun. It even looks cute with my electric purple coat.
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