A fun project just in time for Ankara Appreciation Week, hosted by Lena King and Juliet Uzor.
Showing posts with label elastic waist. Show all posts
Showing posts with label elastic waist. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
Friday, October 27, 2023
Henrietta Skirt
This was a fun project!
The is the Spaghetti Western Sewing Henrietta Skirt. The Henrietta skirt is an easy-to-sew elastic waist skirt inspired by 18th-century pannier skirts with gathered panels on the hips. You determine your own skirt length and using provided math formulas to calculate and cut fabric.
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Ice Dyed Mave Maxi Skirt
This is a long post with many tangents. But I have a challenge for you: can you spot the issue I'm trying to hide in this photo?
Monday, February 8, 2021
Saturday, October 24, 2020
Olive Arden Pants
I've been on a bit of a pantscapade recently... an elastic waist odyssey, if you will.
Monday, October 12, 2020
Sunday, October 11, 2020
Monday, July 20, 2020
ESMadebyMe: Florence Pants and Georgia Tee
You all knew I was going to try the recently released Elizabeth Suzann patterns, right? I mean... elastic waist, boxy tops. It's basically my uniform these days.
Wednesday, July 8, 2020
Mother's Day Outfit: Joss and Cielo
I finally got to take some photos of the outfit I made my mom for Mother's Day (and I finally got to see her since travel between Vermont and some parts of Massachusetts has eased up a bit!)...
Thursday, April 23, 2020
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Friday, February 28, 2020
Friday, January 3, 2020
Friday, September 27, 2019
Floral Lawley Skirt
My second gathered, elastic waist skirt post of the week... first the Melinda Midi, now this one:
This is the Elbe Textiles Lawley skirt.
The Lawley skirt is a free pattern for a "gathered, knee length skirt featuring an elasticated waistband with a drawstring and side pockets with a bias strip edging finish." It's made for medium weight fabrics with a nice drape.
The Lawley has a wide size range. Size A-M range up to 48" waist and 58" hip, although this style would likely accommodate larger sizes than that... I cut a size G, which corresponded with my measurements.
The fabric I used is a poly crepe floral I bought from Hart's Fabric when I was driving through Santa Cruz last winter. I don't typically buy much 100% polyester, but I loved the rich, deep orange color and the pops of gold and teal!
The Lawley has a waistband that is separate from the skirt pieces. I was interested to see how the Lawley is constructed: rather than having the skirt gathered entirely by the waist elastic, the wide skirt pieces are gathered onto the narrower waistband, and then the waistband is pulled in/gathered even more by the elastic.
The wide elastic is topstitched down so it doesn't roll, and there is an option for a drawstring. My drawstring is made from self-fabric, cut from the scraps.
Like the Melinda Midi, the Lawley skirt is super swishy:
I really love my Lawley! I was expecting to have a clear favorite between the Melinda Midi and the Lawley, but they're both pretty great. I mean, you can't go wrong with an elastic waist skirt as far as comfort and classic style go...
Like my Melinda, I took photos of my Lawley paired with a t-shirt and sandals, but I think it will be fabulous with tights, boots and a sweater in the fall and winter!
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Paisley Melinda Midi
I've got a couple of skirts to share with you this week! I made two similar-ish gathered, elastic waist skirt patterns and thought I'd do a little compare-and-contrast of the patterns.
Wednesday, August 14, 2019
Handwoven Donovan Skirt
Another day, another skirt... I've made an unusually large number of skirts this summer for some reason!
Friday, June 28, 2019
Friday, June 14, 2019
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
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