sewing again!

VOGUE 8750

Making the green skirt,

middle right.

Answering a 2012 post, Kerri wrote: “. . .  I’ll be interested to see how it fits when you’re finished.”

With my apologies, I’m finally getting back to you, Kerri!

this is what generally happens to my seam on a first attempt

ditto for the second

then something clicks & things finally get seamed properly

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The 100% cotton fabric used for this toile is not nice to the touch (bought on-line), but it’s proving to be sturdy enough for a decent evaluation of the pattern.

(Would hate to try it with a rayon, as so much of the pattern’s cut on diagonals. And we all know rayon has enough slink to make the thought of that not to everyone’s taste, particularly mine. 😉 ) But for a toile, it’s fine.

It only took three tries to get the positioning correct for those first two pieces. I hate this kind of thing, and always get the first couple of tries wrong. But I persevered (rare for me!), and got them going properly.

the design lines should allow for colour blocking and lots of slenderizing lines ~ they also really use fabric well ~ only 1 yard (45″ W) for my toile!

Next steps are ironing the seams up, and top stitching along each seam line.

This will further accentuate the lines of the pieces, and emphasize the overall design of the skirt. . .

… which initially drew me to the pattern. More anon . . .  😍