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I loved everything about it, the navy colour, the adorable dainty scallops.... I didn't think I would have a chance to make until I had my next thrift store run, which I promised myself not to do until I had a few of my on the go projects under control. Luckily, my friend Rachel's grandmother invited us to come raid her closet. Guess what I found? A navy blue pencil skirt that was my size!
The blog linked to above has a fantastic, easy to follow animated tutorial.
This is the skirt before:
I cut it at that line.
With a little help of course!
Where would I be without my favourite assistant?
I measured the width of the skirt at the line, and divided that number by 7. I set my hemming callipers to the number and went around my house for something round that measures that at a third of the way. I found a brass ring and made marks at the right width. I then traced around the ring.
Then I slowly went around my chalk marks with the sewing machine. It was actually much easier than I expected. The fabric went exactly where I told it to go.
I cut around the circles, leaving about a quarter inch, and snipped up to the thread in the corners.
I flipped it out.
It was pointy like the instructions said it would be. I took a butter knife and iron and forced the scallops into a nice rounded shape.
Much better. I put in a blind stitch all the was around the inside, and that's it!
I wore it out this afternoon for a quick walk to the hair salon and shopping at a nearby vintage store, where I bought a pretty hat!
Love, A