Claudine -- Sewing Projects
2015-05-15
This patchwork denim skirt is the oldest item that I have in my closet. I think I made it around 2001. I saw a photo in a magazine of a similar skirt that was ruinously expensive, and I did not yet know much about patternmaking. It seemed kind of magical because there were no vertical side seams. All the shaping was incorporated into the patchwork.
I thought about it for a long time, but still could not figure it out. Then I logged on to sewingworld.com (is anyone here old enough to remember sewingworld.com?), and asked there. Someone came back almost immediately and said that I need to buy a spiral skirt pattern and cut the pattern pieces so the spiral goes both ways. Et Viola! A patchwork skirt with no vertical seams!
2015-05-15
This patchwork denim skirt is the oldest item that I have in my closet. I think I made it around 2001. I saw a photo in a magazine of a similar skirt that was ruinously expensive, and I did not yet know much about patternmaking. It seemed kind of magical because there were no vertical side seams. All the shaping was incorporated into the patchwork.
I thought about it for a long time, but still could not figure it out. Then I logged on to sewingworld.com (is anyone here old enough to remember sewingworld.com?), and asked there. Someone came back almost immediately and said that I need to buy a spiral skirt pattern and cut the pattern pieces so the spiral goes both ways. Et Viola! A patchwork skirt with no vertical seams!