Out & About

My assigned character for the mystery masquerade ball is the mouse, a poor relation. So I figured, no need to spend a lot of time finishing seams. Instead I used wooly nylon serger thread to finish the edges. It’s a very pretty brown color.

Other progress: Not only did I manage to cut out the upper panels, I pieced them together using French seams, and then finished the edges in the same way as on the lower skirt.

Ideally, I would have gotten the correct tension and the edges wouldn’t be wavy, but I like the effect here.

I have one pair of shorts to exercise in, and I could no longer exercise in them due to a hole in the inner thigh. I went with machine repair because I had a lot of other sewing to do.

Here you can see the front side.

And here is the inside.

And the shorts were back in action!

I had a fun time drafting the flared skirt, but it got confusing enough that I got out the colored pencils to differentiate which flair went with which panel.

This was pretty enough that I traced the pattern pieces on other freezer paper and hung this up in my bedroom.

Now that I have my pattern piece cut, so begins the laying out of the material.

You can’t see the lines I drew when tracing the pattern piece, but you can see my tape marks on the panels. I was worried I wouldn’t have enough room for six, but I did!

I’ve been obsessing over my plans for a split-side skirt (as see on the Stitchery), which I plan to wear for the mystery masquerade party we’ve been invited to in mid-July. But it being halfway through June, I really needed to get started. So here I am drafting the skirt panels. (Finally!)

I drafted a half circle skirt pattern, and then divided the half circle into three. From there, I created a point at the bottom. That’s what makes this a handkerchief skirt, rather than a circle skirt.

The plan is six panels, three front, three back. And then six shorter panels on top of the first. I’m glad to finally get this step done. Sometimes starting a new thing is the hardest part.