So here's my second attempt at drafting a skirt pattern. This time, I went for a fairly straight skirt which flares out about 6 inches from the bottom. The key feature I wanted to incorporate in this skirt was to havepockets at the side front panels. When I started to draft, I realised that I wanted the pockets narrower than the standard side panel width. This meant I had to move the waistband bottom edge down to the point of the dart, so that all the shaping was in the waistband and the front seams could be moved wherever I wanted. I didn't want the waistband to be wider, so I moved the top of the waistband down too to make more of a 'hipster' skirt (it fits much better on me than on my dummy, which doesn't really have hips!)
The pockets are formed from 3 sections, a front and a back cut from the fashion fabric, and a lining piece.
The pockets are formed from 3 sections, a front and a back cut from the fashion fabric, and a lining piece.
So, here is my attempt at making up the pattern in fashion fabric - like it from the front, hate it from the side and the back! The non-matched patterns look messy and awful!
Unfortunately this fabric was upcycled from another skirt I didn't like, so I used every available com to squeeze the pieces I needed out - I even had to make the waistband facing from the lining fabric cos there wasn't enough. One the other hand, at least I didn't waste and money!
I still like this pattern, and it went together well, so I will be trying it again - originally I pictured it in corduroy, but I'm a little scared to try that now - I might get rid of the little bit of flare at the bottom and try it as a completely straight skirt with the whales running vertically.
I did like the front of the skirt, and I like the idea of having a diagonal pattern on the front and back panels, and vertical on the sides. Thinking about this, I'd want the pattern as uniterupted as possile, so I though about getting rid of the waistband and the centre back seam and using an invisible zip in the side back seam, and about getting rid of the side seams and using a curved dart instead. Does any one know if this is possible? I've never seen it done, which makes me wonder if there's a good reason for that!
Unfortunately this fabric was upcycled from another skirt I didn't like, so I used every available com to squeeze the pieces I needed out - I even had to make the waistband facing from the lining fabric cos there wasn't enough. One the other hand, at least I didn't waste and money!
I still like this pattern, and it went together well, so I will be trying it again - originally I pictured it in corduroy, but I'm a little scared to try that now - I might get rid of the little bit of flare at the bottom and try it as a completely straight skirt with the whales running vertically.
I did like the front of the skirt, and I like the idea of having a diagonal pattern on the front and back panels, and vertical on the sides. Thinking about this, I'd want the pattern as uniterupted as possile, so I though about getting rid of the waistband and the centre back seam and using an invisible zip in the side back seam, and about getting rid of the side seams and using a curved dart instead. Does any one know if this is possible? I've never seen it done, which makes me wonder if there's a good reason for that!
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