So far Christmas has been very quiet and sewing-wise for me very uneventful. On Christmas Eve I did finally manage
to fix this skirt which I made a few weeks ago. It kept falling down and I very much wanted to finish this because when I posted last time it was not wearable. I have done no other sewing due to the fact I lose my table ( which is a dining table) every Christmas so there is simply no where for me to go to do any crafting of any kind over the holiday season.
But I did get this fixed. And it works.
In the end after sometime deciding what to do I came up with three possible options:
The
first is to take off the facings, put the zip back in (that I decided I
did not need since the fabric is so stretchy), and make the darts much
bigger to tighten the waist. I do not want to cut a smaller size all
over because it fits nicely on my hips. I might need a non stretch
stabiliser for this option and the having re- stabilized the facings sew
yhem back on. It's quite a bit of work.
The next option was to
simply add 1 inch wide elastic inside the facings so it's hidden but
pulls the waist in a bit and then I don't need the zip which I had
removed in the first attempt at making this. I made a couple if skirts
last winter using the hidden elastic idea which was nicked from items on
the high street at that time. This works on the previous 3 skirts I
used it on and it's comfortable.
There is a third way. Remove facings and add a waistband with elastic. But this can still be done after I attempt option 2.
Well
me being a relatively lazy person and I really also just want to wear
this and get back into making something else so I have gone with the
hidden elastic method in option two.
To do this you need to
sew elastic on very closely to the waistband on the facing not the body
of the skirt and then sew this down close to the top edge. It does mean
I had to unpick my edge stitching but that was all I needed to do to get
this method done so it's the fastest way to make this wearable.
Assuming of course it actually works. It did!
Now writing this post I actually realise there is another way to fix a problem such as this, but I still think the elastic method is probably the best. I could have made the back darts much larger and thereby lose alot of fabric at the waist but the problem then is its really the stretch in the fabric rather than the skirt being too big so I decided it would probably not work. I would also have needed some serious vilene to stabilse the fabric and prevent stretch. I decided to go with the easier option- add elastic under the facing and then sew it down and I am happy with the result which gives me a very comfortable short skirt that importantly stays where it should and I wore this all day even when making pastry and mince pies etc and it stayed in place so it works fine.
I will be very unlikely to manage any more sewing now until after the holiday is over, so in 2025. That does have some good aspects though because it gives me some time to knit and to go through my huge pile of sewing magazines to decide what exactly I want for my aims in sewing for next year. I do like to do this because I have found I tend to be more productive and also more adventurous than if I just amble along so I am now actively re-reading lots of Burda, Patrones and My Image magazines to decide on what I want to achieve over the next 12 months.
This usually also means looking at last years aims. I have yet to re-visit them but I do know I never achieved a few of them and one particular dress will remain on the coming years list. Its been 3 years so far on my list I think so maybe 2025 will mean I get to actually make the thing - or remove it from the list completely. More on that once I find that magazine and decide if I really do want to actually make that dress.
For now I hope you had a lovely Christmas and I wish you all the very best for 2025.
Take care and thanks for popping by my blog,
Bracken
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