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As I’ve already mentioned 283473987 times, I recently moved, which means I recently packed up all my fabric. Whoa. It’s insane how much fabric I have, that I’ve already used for other projects, with more than a yard remaining. Perhaps I should reevaluate my policy of always buying 4 yards, but…who am I kidding with that nonsense. Extra fabric is always a good thing!
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Faced with the daunting task of moving all that extra fabric, I decided to stitch up a few things. Fabric is easier to move once it becomes a garment, in my crazy mind. Realizing that I also desperately need work wear, I landed pretty quick on pencil skirts from Gertie’s first book. I know I’ve been sewing a ton of her shit lately, but this really is my go-to pencil skirt. It’s crazy fast, doesn’t use much fabric, and I already have the pattern traced. Her newest book also has a pencil skirt, but tracing that was an extra step I just wasn’t prepared for, you know?
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I actually made three of these, but one of them is in the laundry, so you’ll just have to visualize it. Each skirt took about a yard of fabric. The first is stretch twill, leftover from my frankenpattern dress, which actually uses the pencil skirt pattern, no creative leaps here. The black is a poly stretch twill from Mood, leftover from my unblogged Sewaholic Robson trench. Third is the unphotographed blue satin, with fabric left over from my Nita wrap skirt.
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Gertie gives you two options with this skirt waistband, interfacing or boning. I opted for the interfacing, simply because it’s quicker. I don’t enjoy sewing garments for work, so I really wanted to power through these quickly. If I remember correctly, the instructions are fairly easy to follow, but I honestly haven’t used them in ages. These stitched up in around an hour apiece, seriously simple sewing here. I cut a size four, I think, and the fight is tight, exactly how I wanted them. Definitely make sure your fabric has a decent amount of give, though. If not, more ease will keep you from an embarassing wardrobe malfunction! In the end, I needed work skirts, and these definitely fit the bill. I’m naming this a success stashing busting session, happy sewing 🙂
I like the black shirt as well as the black and white paisley. Is the high waistband comfortable? What happens after sitting in this a while? I could see the waistband creasing on me and having a line there then when I walked around in it. Maybe the interfacing helps? Looks great from the back.
It actually is, the fabric has a decent bit of stretch, so it’s not constricting. On the black skirt, the fabric is a bit less sturdy, and it does crease a bit. Interfacing does help! It adds structure, think of shirt collars and cuffs.
I’ve been far up Gertie’s ass lately too. Which is funny because I was so pissy about the fit of her patterns. I guess it’s a good thing I’ve learned how to fit myself better. That said, I made this skirt when I was a newbie and it was STUPID easy. Great pattern! Yours look great and <3 our whole frakenpattern day… we rocked!
It’s so easy, I think I could sew it in my sleep! Best make yet.
Great skirts, they look great and fit so well. It’s feels fab to use up odd leftovers, I like your buy 4 yards policy I might need to adopt it.
This pattern is really on point for me, as far as sizing and fit go. I swear it helps if you don’t have a pattern in mind!! I used to do 3, but it wasn’t enough for some of the dresses with fuller skirts.