Category: Skirts & shorts

  • ROSALIE

    ROSALIE

    I don’t know if it’s the same for you, but the weeks before holidays are always quite chaotic for me ! Emergencies at work to be handled in the absence of colleagues already on vacation, travel planning, preparing suitcases… and I have very little time left to sew ! but since I can’t do without it, I rather look for super fast patterns to make like Rosalie from Fibremood !

    .: The pattern

    Rosalie is a wide, unlined pattern with a V-neck and ruffled sleeves. The skirt attachment, below the bust, is slightly gathered. 

    .: The fabric

    For the body I used a medium thickness cotton (200g/m2), cream color decorated with thin and elegant lurex stripes. It has good hold and opacity. This fabric was included in Joli Lab’s June kit but it can be purchased separately. For the sleeves I used a one-meter remnant of Japanese cotton that had been offered to me at the Paris Creation Salon held in October 2021. 

    .: The size

    The available sizes range from XS to XXXL. I opted for size S but if you don’t like the cut too loose opt for a size smaller than your usual!

    .: The modifications

    Absolutely none !

    .: The difficulties

    Super simple, in a couple of hours the dress is ready! The fabric is super easy to sew, and you can wear it from the head without the need for either zippers or buttons. It is an ideal pattern for beginners.

    .: The cost

    As I said, the fabric was included in a monthly kit that I buy from time to time, but you can also find it by meters at a metre price of €9.95 EUR. I would say I needed less than two meters. For the sleeves, the fabric was free :-). I purchased the paper pattern at Veritas.

    Let’s say that with less than 20 EUR I made myself a nice little dress !

    .: Would I make it again?

    Yes yes I would remake it in black sangallo lace !

    🍎 See you soon ! 🍎

  • DOLCE

    DOLCE

    I discovered this free pattern of dress Dolce from Maunamé by chance while surfing the internet. I was looking for a romantic model, with an elastic waistband to use a pink and black dot viscose that I had in stock. I don’t know about you, but I generally start from a model and then look for the right fabric, and not vice versa, except if I am falling in love at first sight for a particular fabric, which oh my! It happens quite frequently in reality! But I promised myself to be less impulsive now, to buy more carefully. Before starting sewing, I didn’t buy a dress every month! Other than slow fashion! Sometimes I have the impression of consuming more! Do you have ever had this feeling?

    But now, returning to the pattern, the substantial change I made was the lining which was not originally included, but the fabric seemed a little transparent to me.

    The sleeves seemed a bit too long but I just made a double hem of 2 cm instead of 1 cm + 2 cm and the length was perfect to create the balloon effect.

    A tutorial is available here.

    What do you think?

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  • MINDY

    MINDY

    My, how time flies! I realized that I hadn’t written anything for a few months… it will be summer, you will say, the desire to enjoy the good weather and go out as much as possible… but this year, Luxembourg has been living up to its reputation… bad weather is quite natural ⛈️!       

    But let’s be positive! The cold allowed me to discover a new passion! Do you guess? 🙂

    Don’t worry, I’ll tell you about it shortly!

    First I want to tell you about a couple of models that I sewed recently and that I LOVE! The first is the Mindy dress by Fibremood in a super burgundy flowery poplin, by Charlie Coud.  

    The model features a gorgeous square neckline. The realization of the straight cut gave me a little trouble.

    You have to raise the presser foot and snip into to the seam allowance of the sleeve + neck trim until just before the needle.

    Turn the garment, lower the presser foot down again and now stitch the slanted edge together, with the notches matching.

    The cut is essential to ensure a good square and I am always afraid to cut too much!!!!!

    At the level of sleeves I opted for the balloon version with elastic.

    In case the puffy sleeves were not of your taste, you can opt for a butterfly sleeve.

    The dress closes with an invisible side zipper of 20 cm. I chose a zipper that I had bought from Atelier Brunette that I had available 60 cm long and that I cut to adapt the length. As for the size I cut everything to my usual size but if I had to do it again I would add a couple of centimeters in length to be able to wear it at the office.

    What do you think?

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  • BURDA #113

    BURDA #113

    Finally last week I managed to go home! I really needed few days of sun and sea.

    What a satisfaction to be able to almost fill the suitcase with clothes sewn by me!

    Today I want to show you the photos of a summer dress that I sewed some time ago. This is model n ° 113 Burda Style 02/21.

    To the original model I only added the frills to the sleeves. For the rest I have not made any changes.

    For the fabric I chose a satin cotton purchased on the Nerida Hansen website. I’m super crazy about the colors and softness of this cotton!

    What do you think?

    🍎 See you soon! 🍎

  • CORDOBA

    CORDOBA

    The name of this pattern gives me a great desire to travel, I would love to be able to leave freely like a year ago! For the moment I imagine being in Andalusia with this wrap skirt, although perhaps for the temperature of the south of Spain I should already opt for a lighter fabric instead of this superb Gucci wool that I have bought on the SuperCut site!

    I must say that this model from Bélène Paris is fantastic, the cut well structured.

    The skirt is fully lined.

    For the lining to use, the explanatory booklet gives different suggestions depending on the chosen fabric. For my skirt, the wool is not very stiff, so I opted for a cotton poplin.

    I found the two 4cm D-rings for closing the belt on the Atelier de la Création website, but if you have trouble finding them you can reduce the height of the belt accordingly (everything is well explained in the booklet!).

    Technically, you should pay a little attention to the seam of the belt due to the thickness.

    I also lengthened the length of the skirt by 5 cm like this:

    Little extra top: the tutorial from Atelier des Prèmières!

    What do you think ?

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  • SANDRINE

    SANDRINE

    In my wardrobe I really lacked a nice straight skirt with a classic cut (at least sewn by me 😉), not too mini to be easily worn at the office😊. Sandrine skirt by c’est moi le patron is mainly available in three versions, mini, with or without ruffles, or 47 cm long with a back slit. It also features side pockets and pentagonal-shaped rear patch pockets.

    I opted for the 47cm length as I wanted to experiment with sewing a back slit for the first time. I didn’t find it particularly complicated to make, just be careful in the pattern not to cut the lower part diagonally as indicated but in a rectangle (pink lines below).

    It will be easier to assemble the skirt later. Also, in the instructions I have not found the indication to finish all the edges of the back of the skirt, before sewing the invisible zipper, which I recommend.

    A step-by-step video is available here.

    Personally, I didn’t sew the back pockets because I wanted a really classic model.

    For the fabric I opted for a beautiful blue Flannel Blue Rivière from Stragier that I love! For the bottoms of the side pockets, I used a 3-thread cotton poplin of the same color, also by Stragier.

    The skirt does not have a lining but for the next time I think I will add it to have a more refined work.

    Here the result!

    🍎 See you soon! 🍎