{"id":56923,"date":"2016-09-06T10:02:25","date_gmt":"2016-09-06T14:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/?p=56923"},"modified":"2016-09-07T03:27:03","modified_gmt":"2016-09-07T07:27:03","slug":"lengthened-city-stroll-wrap-skirt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2016\/09\/lengthened-city-stroll-wrap-skirt.html","title":{"rendered":"lengthened city stroll wrap skirt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Of all the patterns we’ve ever produced, one of my favorites is our Liesl + Co City Stroll Wrap Skirt<\/a>. It’s one of my essential wardrobe pieces. I wear it all year round. My very favorite version<\/a> of this pattern is made of a wool suiting that I wear in every season, but in summer I add two skirts made from double gauze<\/a>. I’ve also made it in crepe<\/a> and denim (I still need to photograph that one), so this pattern has gotten a lot of use and wear for me.<\/p>\n

\"city-stroll-mosaic\"<\/a>
I wear this pattern at least once a week. Here are a few photos from Me Made May last year to show you how often.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In any case, when I saw this photo from J.Crew I knew it was time to show you how to lengthen the City Stroll pattern to make a similar-looking skirt. I think you’ll be surprised how easy it is!<\/p>\n

\"July<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"lengthen-city-stroll-skirt\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This tutorial follows the approach from our basic tutorial for lengthening and shortening a pattern<\/a>. You might want to read it first.<\/p>\n

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  1. To lengthen the City Stroll Skirt, first locate the skirt front, skirt back, and front facing pieces. Find the lengthen\/shorten line on each piece. On all three pieces, this line runs across the piece, about halfway down.
    \n    \"fig-1\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Cut each piece apart along the line, keeping the parts of each pattern piece together so you don’t forget which are which.
    \n    \"fig-2\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Spread the two parts of each pattern piece according to the amount of length you want to add. Just for the fun of it (and because I like to wear long skirts) I added about 16″ when I made mine. For a look that’s closer to the inspiration photo you would probably add about 5-7″.\u00a0 Tape the spread pieces onto another piece of paper, taking care to align them using the grain line or cut on fold line as a guide.
    \n    \"fig-3\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Then simply blend the contour lines for each piece to make a new cut line. And that’s it. You’ll sew the skirt exactly as you would sew the original (non-lengthened) City Stroll Skirt.
    \n    \"fig-4\"<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I made this skirt from rayon, and I must admit it’s not my favorite fabric for this style. Next time I’ll try linen or cotton, both of which would be less wavy at the curved hem. I think the skirt itself benefits from a fabric with a little more structure, too.<\/p>\n

    \"long-city-stroll\"<\/a><\/p>\n

    I hope you’ll have fun with this pattern and try different lengths. Quite a few of you have posted photos of your skirts<\/a> on Instagram. I hope to see some longer versions show up as well!<\/p>\n

    What do you think? Will you try lengthening the skirt like this?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Liesl is here with a tutorial for lengthening the Liesl + Co. City Stroll Wrap Skirt. It’s one of her favorite patterns, and she has made a longer-length version in rayon for warm weather.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":57226,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[20667,124,140],"class_list":["post-56923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tutorials","tag-city-stroll-wrap-skirt","tag-liesl-co","tag-tutorial"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/CSBanner2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5jZS5-eO7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":45224,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2015\/05\/introducing-the-liesl-co-city-stroll-wrap-skirt.html","url_meta":{"origin":56923,"position":0},"title":"introducing the liesl + co city stroll wrap skirt","author":"Liesl Gibson","date":"May 7, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Introducing our new Liesl + Co. pattern, the City Stroll Wrap Skirt! 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