Miss P has been sewing up a storm this summer. Her most recent finish is this paneled skirt.
She’s been researching vintage patterns and wanted to look through my pattern collection. After digging through the closet and getting them all out we decided we should make a Pinterest board of the patterns we have. Some of them were patterns I made for myself back in the 1970s and 80s. Some belonged to my mother-in-law and many of them were thrifted years ago when you could find old patterns for 10 cents a piece. Those were the days!
She used to turn up her nose at some of my 70s patterns but this time around she recognized one after watching some YouTube videos by Rachel Maksy, who often uses this pattern to make swooshy skirts.
We’ve been trying to use fabric that I already have in the house so she chose this stripe from the stash. It still had this “Wrinkl-shed” tag pinned to it. If it was advertised in LIFE magazine it must be good, right?
We just finished binge watching all of the seasons of the Great British Sewing Bee so she had pattern matching on the brain.
She is quite pleased that she got the stripes to match at ALL of the seams.
The original pattern is made from 12 panels that create a full circle skirt, but she did not have enough fabric to cut 12 panels. She made a “muslin” mini skirt out of an old sheet and found that ten panels fit her perfectly. She cut her own waistband and added a zip to finish the skirt.
She is very excited about this new super-swooshy addition to her wardrobe!
