Week 23 - skirt #2

Week 22: Skirt #2

Material used: Mixed silk

<!--[if !supportLists]-->1.       <!--[endif]-->How well did it work as a garment?

I would give this garment a 7.5 out 10, because it was simple to make and I was really happy with the outcome, especially because I had not initially planned to make this skirt.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->2.       <!--[endif]-->Is it fashion? If so why, if not why not?

I believe that this skirt was fashion. I thought that it was innovative and it reminded me a little, if made better, of something Vivienne Westwood would make.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->3.       <!--[endif]-->What opening did you use?

I used a zip, because I think that it would help the skirt to fit better around the body than if I used buttons.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->4.       <!--[endif]-->What were the problems?

I found this fabric quite hard to work with because it would keep sliding and I couldn’t line up the fabric properly. So I couldn’t do what I initially planned to do.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->5.       <!--[endif]-->What could you do to improve next time?

<!--[if !supportLists]-->6.       <!--[endif]-->What was the fabric?

      Mixed silk

<!--[if !supportLists]-->7.       <!--[endif]-->How much did you use?

I used all the fabric.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->8.       <!--[endif]-->How much did it cost?

The material cost £2.50 per metre.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->9.       <!--[endif]-->Where was it sourced?

 49A green lane, town centre, Ilford

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I found this fabric quite hard to work with because it would keep sliding and I couldn’t line up the fabric properly.

However, I did want to drape the fabric because I loved to way at different angles the fabric would look either blue or gold.

I first folded the fabric in half and wrapped and pinned the fabric around my mannequin with the centre fold at the bottom. I pinched and pulled different parts of the fabric and pinned them in place.

At the back I used a tailor chalk to mark out where I wanted the zip to be. I then tacked the pulled fabric that I had pinned earlier to keep them in place.

I then pinned the zip in and then sewed the zip in place. I then hemmed the waist.

I thought that my skirt looked a little like a skirt that Vivienne Westwood would make.

I found this image of a skirt by Vivienne Westwood from her Autumn/winter 12 Red Label collection.