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Skirt Sewing from a Pattern Discussion & Feedback Topic
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Sat, 04/25/2009 - 12:36
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I graduated from fashion design at Trade Tech in 2002. I love your detailed, no hassle, easy to follow guide. I think this is a brilliant idea!
Best Wishes,
Yolanda McFalls
Hello
It is really surprising the high definition of your video
I wish you the best
Barara
Dear Yolanda,
I am happy that you appreciate the site so much, we will definitely be making more videos and keep the site going.
Dear Martinezjuan,
Thanks. We are always looking for new ways to improve the site for our members.
I wish you the very best as well.
What fabric is the skirt? I can see it was woven in Italy. Is it a wool? Crepe or gabardine?
Is the lining made of China silk?
What online fabric store would you recommend?
Love,
nehzat_fan
One more question about your wonderful pencil skirt pattern draft.
Is there wearing ease in the skirt for sitting? The measurement of the hip seems to be snug.
nehzat_fan
Dear nehzat_fan,
The fabric I am using in the video is a wool crape (crepe) and the lining is bemberg.
I prefer to see the fabric for its color and feel it befirore purchasing it. But that would not be possible for everyone.
Happy sewing,
Nehzat
Dear nehzat_fan:
The block pattern we drafted does not have any ease, however you can add wearing ease to it.
Hope this answers your question.
Happy sewing,
Nehzat
Hi, first of all I love the clarity of the video instructions. Having a problem though making the skirt patterm. When I add up the upper hip circumference it is larger than the actual upper hip measurement/2. I've tried doing this pattern three times. I thought maybe I'm not measuring the exact same place when I measure distances between lower hip and waist, so my upper hip distance is also off. The second time around, I tried having my sister help me measure. This time, the third time, I marked my body to make sure I'm measuring exactly from my waist to my hips. But every single time, the calculated upper hip circumference comes out to be bigger than the actual.
For this time, the difference was 2.8cm. I extended each dart by 2cm, and the difference went down to 2.1cm (so 1.05cm for each side seam). Any advice on this??
Dear empress4lyphe,
Thanks so much. First you should also make sure that you have measured the waist circumference and the lower hip circumference correctly as well.
Still this kind of situation could occur for those who have are flatter between their waist and their lower hipline.
The solution here would be to extend the darts until the upper hipline of the pattern is just a bit less than half of the actual upper hip circumference.
Happy sewing,
Nehzat