Ah deep pockets! I loved Frobelina's version of this and I think that's what convinced me to give it a try, since I'm not super into skirts.
This is also part of what seemed interminable stripe-matching projects that I started in Seattle this summer.
Mainly I tried to match the colours so there weren't violent shifts between the dress/pocket/waistband. I had to cut the front waistband in two instead of on the fold in order to do that, since ikat is always only 100cm wide and the purple was in the center.
I also wasn't sure how the gathering would affect the stripe placement.
I cut a size S.
Sewing together was totally reasonable. Gathering was painful, but I got the job done. My ikat cotton is from Thailand - I got it from a shop in Chiang Mai. I did not have much left over, and in fact the inside of my waistband is an old scrap which decidedly doesn't match. This ikat, being loomed, is 100 cm wide and so that was part of why I had to watch how I placed the stripes.
I got to the zipper and ran out of time in Seattle, so it took awhile to get back my skirt mojo and finish. My interest in this project was waning fast and I pretty much doubted I'd like it by the time it was finished. It fits really really well, but I don't like the gathered fabric over my butt, it's so fluffy! I just can't see myself in this style of skirt. Maybe if it were a really drapey, flowey fabric with no body, maybe then. But it's just too much gathering for me.
Luckily I found a friend who loves it!
This is also part of what seemed interminable stripe-matching projects that I started in Seattle this summer.
Mainly I tried to match the colours so there weren't violent shifts between the dress/pocket/waistband. I had to cut the front waistband in two instead of on the fold in order to do that, since ikat is always only 100cm wide and the purple was in the center.
I also wasn't sure how the gathering would affect the stripe placement.
I cut a size S.
Sewing together was totally reasonable. Gathering was painful, but I got the job done. My ikat cotton is from Thailand - I got it from a shop in Chiang Mai. I did not have much left over, and in fact the inside of my waistband is an old scrap which decidedly doesn't match. This ikat, being loomed, is 100 cm wide and so that was part of why I had to watch how I placed the stripes.
I got to the zipper and ran out of time in Seattle, so it took awhile to get back my skirt mojo and finish. My interest in this project was waning fast and I pretty much doubted I'd like it by the time it was finished. It fits really really well, but I don't like the gathered fabric over my butt, it's so fluffy! I just can't see myself in this style of skirt. Maybe if it were a really drapey, flowey fabric with no body, maybe then. But it's just too much gathering for me.
Luckily I found a friend who loves it!
Hi! Very cool post - enjoyed reading thanks! WOndered if you would like to sell your pattern for the Brumby skirt? Miss Maude isn't going to re-stock and I don't really want to go down the track of printing off PDF version...! No worries either way! Thanks, Michelle. michellewoodyard1@gmail.com
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