Today I finally finished the yoked skirt from Simplicity pattern number 1760, view C.
This skirt took almost a month to put together. I had to create a new yoke because I sewed the first one together wrong and had to rip out those stitches. The top of the skirt was sewn to the top of the yoke instead of the bottom (not exactly intuitive to match up the narrow end of the skirt to the wider end of the yoke). I also poked a hole in the public side of the yoke when I was grading the seams.
Characteristic of me, and never satisfied with simplicity, I decided that it simply
must have a lining since I like to wear thick hosiery which has a tendency to catch on cotton or wool. Since the instructions do not include a lining and I've never installed a lining before, I had to improvise. This involved some resolve on my part that I would be able to figure things out on my own and finish the skirt, for better or worse.
I also learned that I do not like fusible interfacing. It was a pain to work with as I wasn't sure whether it was sticking to the fabric properly and I also got some of the adhesive on the iron after it melted off the fabric. I also have bad memories of creating a shirt collar with fusible interfacing which bubbled and became very unattractive after the first wash. To avoid that, the new yoke was interfaced with the same fabric. I will try to stay with sew-in interfacing from now on.
It's slightly big on me (I folded the left and right sides in for the picture) and is not perfect, but at least I have a new skirt, learned a new skill (invisible hem) along the way and was able to practice installing an invisible zipper. Hopefully, it is good enough to wear to work and no one will notice that some of the seams do not line up perfectly and that the hem is not perfect.
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It's not a perfect picture either, but I'm putting into practice getting
things done, rather than waiting for the perfect time to take the perfect picture. |
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