Denim Skirt 2016

I think I had been inspired by the Great British Sewing Bee now. In particular I remember loving the asymmetric skirt, although this is actually nothing like that!! But I wanted to make a denim skirt that was flared and had a bit of swish to it. I had seen things on Pinterest too, and wanted some frills or something like that – I ended up with pleats! And I wanted my denim sewing to look like denim – so using the double needle and gold thread.

I then used parts of the patterns in the GBSB books, and my Transport day dress skirt and adapted to draft my own pattern. I also desperately wanted pockets – that is normally the downfall of skirts – no pockets! These would be out of a contrasting fabric 🙂

I love this skirt. It has the desired swish, especially the pleats when dancing. The double stitching worked out well. The only disappointment was the front zip. Because I had cut the fabric on a bias, it stretched when I put the front double ended zip in. Something to beware of next time!