I'm joking... of course I've got lots of nice places to go :)
I've made a lace skirt.
I've made a lace skirt.
My very luvverly, very perceptive friends again gave me a Fabulous Fabrics voucher for my birthday. Ohhh, they know me so well :D
I try to do justice to their annual awesomeness by adding something appropriately beautiful and worthy to my wardrobe... last year's voucher became the red dress, my favourite cocktail number; and then the spiral leggings. Ok, the leggings were not-so classic but nonetheless a very designer-y perennial and something I am still pretty pleased with.
Anyhoo, I'm returning to the classics with this year's birthday voucher ... ta da.
I try to do justice to their annual awesomeness by adding something appropriately beautiful and worthy to my wardrobe... last year's voucher became the red dress, my favourite cocktail number; and then the spiral leggings. Ok, the leggings were not-so classic but nonetheless a very designer-y perennial and something I am still pretty pleased with.
Anyhoo, I'm returning to the classics with this year's birthday voucher ... ta da.
I used my voucher for this pale latte coloured, heavily configured lace and a length of caramel coloured silk charmeuse for the lining/underlining. For the waistband I used a piece of grey/beige handkerchief linen leftover from a little something else I have made very recently; that has not appeared here on my blog yet ... it's kind of a secret for the moment. To be appearing in due course ;)
The shapes of the pieces in this skirt are kind of based on those of a beautiful Chanel skirt I checked out while we were in Milan. I saw a skirt of heavily configured lace like mine, fitted but with no waist shaping darts, all the shaping in the side seams so as to minimally disturb the lace design, and a shaped, narrow yoke/waistband. I saw and I liked. I took note.
This is a great solution to the dilemma of fitting a lace skirt with minimal marring of the lace design.
The top of the skirt sits lower, at my natural waist. The centre back seam has the invisible zip closure, and is a straight seam with perfectly matched lace motifs. I hand-basted the zip in place, and the seam before machine stitching, in order to match up the lace motifs as well as I could.
The silk charmeuse underlining/lining skirt has all French seams. Instead of sewing the darts in place I folded the dart allowances into pleats which are just folded at the top and stitched in the seam allowance. This is a better way of treating the darts in a skirt lining; less strain on the fabric. This is another feature I've seen in high-end skirts.
The silk charmeuse underlining/lining skirt has all French seams. Instead of sewing the darts in place I folded the dart allowances into pleats which are just folded at the top and stitched in the seam allowance. This is a better way of treating the darts in a skirt lining; less strain on the fabric. This is another feature I've seen in high-end skirts.
Toodles, friends!
Details:
Skirt; Vogue 1247 heavily modified, latte lace with caramel silk charmeuse lining and linen waistband, my review of this pattern here
Blouse; Vogue 1170, ivory silk charmeuse, details and my review of this pattern here
Shoes; Misano
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