{"id":78507,"date":"2022-03-14T07:46:16","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T11:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/?p=78507"},"modified":"2022-03-13T16:19:38","modified_gmt":"2022-03-13T20:19:38","slug":"mashas-extra-sharp-pencil-skirt-at-last","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2022\/03\/mashas-extra-sharp-pencil-skirt-at-last.html","title":{"rendered":"masha’s extra-sharp pencil skirt, at last"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I’m sharing a skirt that has been years in the making.<\/p>\n

I purchased this fabric nearly six years ago. It’s a cotton\/Lycra bottom-weight twill in a small-scale giraffe print. At that time, I was definitely accumulating fabric at a rate many times faster than I could sew it. When I purchased this fabric, I also bought another one, planning to make pencil skirts out of both of them. I sewed the other cut immediately and then put this one on the shelf for later. (Note: I am still guilty of buying more fabric than I can sew, but I think the pace has slowed somewhat).<\/p>\n

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When the Extra-Sharp Pencil Skirt<\/a> pattern was released in 2018, I made a mental note to use my giraffe print for that pattern. Four years later, I finally did it.<\/p>\n

This fabric is the perfect fabric for this sort of skirt: structured enough to hold its shape, pleasingly hefty and a bit stretchy for comfort.<\/p>\n

I sewed the longer length of the skirt but only ended up hemming it 1 1\/2″ instead of the 2″ prescribed in the pattern (I’m 5’8″).<\/p>\n

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My measurements are W: 32″ H: 33″. I sewed the size 14 according to my measurements, but ended up taking it in to somewhere between the 10 and 12. That may have been due to the stretch of my fabric.<\/p>\n

I can’t believe it has taken me this long to make up this pattern. Even with time spent fitting, it only took me about five hours to sew the skirt. The side panels in this pattern make it dead simple to get a customized fit without pattern alterations or redrafting.<\/p>\n

I ended up taking in the side\/back seams from the waist for about 10″ to get a good fit around the rump. I also gave the skirt a more pegged shape by taking in the side\/front seams about 7\/8″ from the hem, tapering to nothing at about 9″ below the waist.<\/p>\n

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Changes I made:<\/strong><\/p>\n