{"id":75112,"date":"2020-05-05T08:26:43","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T12:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/?p=75112"},"modified":"2020-05-01T21:57:07","modified_gmt":"2020-05-02T01:57:07","slug":"sew-tell-shelleys-kensington-mini-skirt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2020\/05\/sew-tell-shelleys-kensington-mini-skirt.html","title":{"rendered":"sew + tell: shelley’s kensington mini skirt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes a simple pattern hack has a big impact. Such is the case with Shelley’s mini Kensington Knit Skirt<\/a>, which was made from a special fabric. Here’s Shelley to tell you about it.<\/em><\/p>\n

Name<\/strong>:\u00a0Shelley (sewing alias: Lightning McStitch)
\nCountry:<\/strong> Australia
\nWhere can we find you on the Internet?<\/strong> Instagram<\/a> \u202f\u202fBlog<\/a><\/p>\n

Project Details<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pattern used:<\/strong> Liesl\u202f+ Co. Kensington Knit Skir<\/a>t
\nFabric used:<\/strong> A vintage (probably late 70s to early 80s) double knit for the skirt and navy ribbing for the yoke.<\/p>\n

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

Did the fabric work well?<\/strong>
\nPerfectly for what I was imagining. I liked the tightish fit of my original Kensington Knit Skirt and wanted a winter mini skirt to wear with tights and boots. I only had a small amount of this fabric and so I cut the yoke from navy ribbing.\u00a0I\u2019m wearing it here with a Liesl + Co. Metro T-Shirt<\/a> in stretch velour, which is a great fabric for turning a simple, long-sleeved T-shirt into something quite fancy looking!<\/p>\n

How did the sewing go?<\/strong>
\nReally quick and easy. Without the wrap, the Kensington Knit Skirt is almost an instant garment.
\nOf course, I took a moment to make sure I cut my side seams and hem straight to match the fabric\u2019s stripes. Maybe I basted the side seams to match my stripes, or maybe I just used plenty of pins and jumped straight in with the overlocker. We all know what we\u2019re meant to do, right?!<\/p>\n

The fabric helped me out as it was very amenable to laying straight, not curling, stretching or warping. Sometimes mystery vintage synthetics are the best.<\/p>\n

At the length I shortened to, the side seams are pretty much perpendicular to the hem, so cutting the hem straight to match the fabric stripes doesn\u2019t alter the line of the skirt much. A longer, or more flared skirt would need the hem to curve and so would be less suited to a horizontally striped fabric.<\/p>\n

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What was the best part?<\/strong>
\nAt the risk of sounding grim, this fabric was given to me by the mother of a good friend about two years ago. It was part of a huge stash of fabrics and patterns from the late 70s to mid-80s, lots of which went to the charity shops, but plenty of which I kept. My friend\u2019s mum had sewn everything for her kids when they were small and kept all her bits and pieces. She was elderly and unwell and was doing the big clear-out. At the time I sewed an Everyday Skirt<\/a> for my friend and a matching Tea Party Sundress<\/a> for her daughter from one of the cuts of fabric.<\/p>\n

This skirt fabric was part of the remainder of the haul. I sewed it up just a few weeks ago, and was sitting on the couch, enjoying its comfy warmth, when I heard the news that my friend\u2019s mum had passed away. I was happy to be able to tell my friend I felt like I was wearing a warm hug from her mum.<\/p>\n

What a sweet story.<\/i><\/p>\n

Have you sewn the <\/i>Kensington Knit Skirt<\/a>\u00a0yet? If you have, don\u2019t forget to enter our <\/i>spring pattern challenge<\/a>! You can enter by sewing this pattern, our new <\/i>Montauk Trousers<\/a> pattern or the new <\/i> \u00a0<\/i>Belgravia Knit Dress<\/a> pattern. Check out the pattern challenge post to learn how to enter to win two PDF patterns!<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Shelley shortened the Kensington Knit Skirt to make a winter mini skirt using vintage fabric from a special source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6023,"featured_media":75151,"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":[20687],"tags":[20824,20680],"class_list":["post-75112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-kensington-skirt","tag-sew-tell"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Shelley-hero.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5jZS5-jxu","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":74978,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2020\/04\/kensington-skirt-photos-from-our-testers.html","url_meta":{"origin":75112,"position":0},"title":"kensington knit skirt photos from our testers","author":"Masha Richart","date":"April 15, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Have you seen the new Kensington Skirt sewing pattern from Liesl + Co.? 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