A Tale of Two Skirts

Projects number two and three were a couple skirts. The first is a sort of pencil skirt that can be made in several different lenghts. I chose view D from McCall's pattern 3930. This skirt has a back zipper and is fairly easy to piece together. I plan to make a longer one for fall out of a plaid.

The second skirt is a little more fun. It is a full skirt with two coordinating fabrics and a ribbon trim which helps make the hem. This pattern, McCall's M5631 has three options and chose A. I get tons of compliments when I wear this skirt out.

Sewing 101

I was looking for a fabulous dress to wear to a summer wedding. While looking at some vintage dresses on ebay, I came across tons of 50's sewing patterns and thought, "hey, I could make that!" Granted, I haven't done much sewing since 4-H in 6th grade, but how hard could it be? I pulled out my 1970 Kenmore sewing machine and got to work.

Well, it turned out to be harder than I thought. I found Nora, an incredible seamstress and teacher at Sew Fresh Studios in Niwot, CO. After a bit of a refresher course, I was hooked! This is the first dress of many I would make over the summer.

The dress I made is a cotton polk-a-dot fabric. I wanted to make it a more casual day dress than the evening gown the pattern shows. This is Vogue pattern 1094 is a reproduction from their original 1950's pattern and has been updated with more modern sizing.