2011 #7 - Black wool skirt

Sewing:
I have finished the third item for my 6-PAC wardrobe - the black wool skirt.


It is a simple skirt, with single darts in the front and double darts in the back, a slit at the bottom of the CB seam, an invisible zipper, and a 1" wide straight-cut waistband that buttons in the back. I used the same (self-drafted) pattern as for the gray skirt, with a few changes:

• the front darts are a bit shorter and narrower (and I adjusted the side seam to take out the difference), 
• the length from waist to hem at CB is 21 3/4" (1" shorter), and
• a regular waistband replaced the bias binding. 

The fabric is a tropical wool - really wiry stuff so I edgestitched the darts and the waistband to keep it under control. (And now that I'm looking at the picture, I think I will put the buttonhole closer to the CB edge of the waistband next time.)


I sewed the hem by hand because I don't have a blind-hemmer (it's on my wish list) but that is the only hand-stitching on this skirt. With the gray skirt, I had worked myself into a corner and ended up hand-stitching the lining around the zipper but this time I had a plan: after sewing up the shell and the lining, I attached them together at the zipper first, then around the back slit, and only then at the waist. It worked perfectly.


I really like this skirt. Now I want to make more. It will take a lot of will power to stay on the 6-PAC track.

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Pursuit of happiness:
Cleaning out the extra books opened up space for my collection of Burda magazines. I've been slowly reading them, looking at the drawings, observing color combinations and lengths/proportions. Cool stuff.