The purple is offcuts or crepe backed satin I had left in my stash. The 'top stitching' is actually a tightly woven wool strand couched in place - I initially wanted a long running stitch effect, but even stitching with a tape measure in hand wasn't able to get the even-ness I wanted. I think this looks much better.
I've made a second skirt using this pattern as a base, but this time I used a contract fabric for the backs of the pleats. The grey fabric has a slight stretch, if I did this again I'd use something more like a suiting, but I had a specific colour and texture in my head and this was the closest - I'm actually glad I tried it, how else am I going to get to know how different fabric behave ;) The purple is offcuts or crepe backed satin I had left in my stash. The 'top stitching' is actually a tightly woven wool strand couched in place - I initially wanted a long running stitch effect, but even stitching with a tape measure in hand wasn't able to get the even-ness I wanted. I think this looks much better. I also wanted to show you some close up shots of the detail on the blue and white version - I love my little ribbon bows!
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