Saturday, January 21, 2012

Burnt orange skirt / rok 20 Knip November 2011

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Working on this skirt (Knip no. 20, november 2011) in a bouclé or almost felted wool. Rather heavy fabric but very easy to work with, even on the curved seams.

These pics are showing the front panel only, back panel is ready to have the zipper installed (center back zipper). Debating on the color… rummaging through my stash I found a plethora of zippers in all sizes and colors but none even close to this color of course. I think I will use an invisible zipper which I think is easier to install and with this fabric I don’t want any extra bulk added. The one that comes closest  is a neutral khaki one. Not sure yet whether I’m going to use that or try and find one that’s more orangey. (Don’t even know if they exist).

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Hier ben ik nu mee bezig, rok no. 20 uit de November Knip. Het gaat lekker vlot, die wollen bouclé is prettig om mee te werken, er zit net genoeg rek in om die ronde naden mooi te krijgen. Maar nu.. alleen het achterpand heeft een tailleband, voorkant blijft zonder. Dacht ik slim te zijn en die tailleband achter lekker weg te laten. Ik bedoel maar, wie heeft er behoefte aan een extra bobbel op de bips? Ik niet. Dus ipv de tailleband apart te knippen liet ik het stuk lekker aan het heupdeel zitten. Tot ik de zijnaden even ging spelden om te passen.
Tsja… dan loopt die bovenste naad natuurlijk mooi over in de tailleband… en de naad daaronder in de naad van het heupdeel achter. Weet nog niet wat ik ga doen, tóch die tailleband knippen en eraan zetten of zo laten? Ik zou evt nog een sierstiksel op het achterpand kunnen zetten om een overloop te suggereren, is dat een idee?
Dan nog even de voering (om de een of andere duistere reden heb ik toch zó’n hekel aan voering inzetten in een rok!)

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Still need to cut a lining. I hate lining a skirt!
And then there’s the question: to waistband or not to waistband? In this pattern only the back panel has one. Looked a little odd to me on the line drawing but when I pinned the side seams together for the fitting it occurred to me that the seam on the little triangle on the hip will line up with the back waist band…. as well as the lower seam will line up with the upper back panel….
Right.
The instructions tell you to cut a separate waistband (waistband and back panel are one in the drawing) and I thought I was smarter and just leave it attached. I mean who needs another bulky seam on their behinds? Not me!
Perhaps I should have listened. I can still cut a separate waistband, no problem. Undecided. Yet. Hmm.

13 comments:

  1. wow! the craftsmanship!

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  2. Wauw!! ...Ohww prachtig!!!!...... Monnikenwerk!! )en tja die tailleband was er vast niet zonder reden :-))

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    1. ja en ik dacht echt nog: goh wat gek, voor niet en achte wél...

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    2. *GRIJNS*....Tja! Al doende leert men! :-)).....(en ik zou hem hem er toch aanzetten) .......Hoe dan ook gaat vast prachtig worden!!!!

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  3. Oo la la, will you look at those curves ... fabulous seams!

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  4. I really like the detail on this skirt (beautiful seams!)

    And I would definitely go with an invisible zipper. I almost always choose invisible over regular zippers (ha. I say that as if I'm sewing all the time. As if). I find invisible way easier to put in AND they end up looking better.

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    1. Agree Elizabeth! And yes you do sound like you sew ALL the time, sounds great hehe

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    2. I used to sew all the time but I am going through a very very lazy period (and wondering if I shouldn't just give away all the fabric and patterns I have folded in huge stacks in various drawers).

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  5. What a beautiful skirt. Love the fabric and the color! It would go great with a chocolate colored top.

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  6. Wow! Impressive seams!!! Like the colour a lot, can't wait to see the end-result.

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  7. Love that colour! Those seams are stunning. Did you finish it yet?

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  8. O yes a stash of zippers...got that too (most inherited from my mom and collected in the years that I was still sewing) all colours all sizes... but never the one that was needed!!! Such a shame.

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  9. Lien: yes nearly finished, zipper in, seam handtacked, just need to finish the waist and press press press.

    I have a great stash of inherited buttons and spools of thread, from my Mother in law, my grandma.

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