Anyway, I got a piece of reddish corduroy this time, and I had a pattern in mind. Sorta. I went with it, and this is the result:
Yeah, this is the back view. Don't yet have a good picture of the front. This isn't really a great picture of the back, but it let's you see the lay of the fabric. It is a heavy corduroy.
I used Kwik Sew 3098. I absolutely love this pattern. This is the third time I've made something using it, and I'm sure it won't be the last. Thankfully it's on that heavy paper instead of the usual tissue paper stuff.
Hem detail.
Pocket detail. I "stole" this pocket pattern from a jeans pattern that I have. The skirt pattern doesn't have back pockets. The stitching pattern I just grabbed off the internet. It might actually have been a tattoo pattern. I just searched Celtic knot clip art until I found one I was happy with. :)
Inside of the pocket, back of the Celtic knot stitching.
How I did it. I placed the picture (though it ended up a little off... No matter how long I sew, I never do remember that the pins pull the top piece over the the under piece, thus displacing it.), and just sewed over the lines. Where the lines I was sewing went under the other lines - if that makes any sense - I knotted the thread (can kind of see each point in the previous picture), lifted the needle - WITHOUT breaking the thread, and replaced the needle where I needed it next. It worked well, and was a pretty efficient use of thread, I think. :)
Anyway, that was yesterday and today's project. I got a piece of plaid wool blend that I'm thinking about using next. Then there's the 3+ yards of cream-colored satin that I need to make a blouse out of. Then the bunch of fabric that I already had on hand... Yeah, well. Who knows when I'll be back next, but I hope to do that plaid next week. Maybe. We'll see.
'Til next time!
