Sunday 6 April 2014

heart anemone (deer and doe)

i love this skirt - deer and doe's new anemone skirt. the photos in this post are slightly weird having been taken indoors this afternoon while it was raining outside, but hopefully you get the picture.


deer and doe describe the pattern as "fitted high waisted skirt, lined, in two versions: short with peplum, or knee-length with decorative buttons.  i went with the short with peplum version - or 'peplets' as amanda from bimble + pimble named them when some of the sydney spoolettes met up with amanda for dinner on friday night, which btw was fun!



the only changes i made were to:

  • lower the waist height by 1 inch prior to cutting the fabric as i thought the waist looked a little bit too high for me.  after trying the skirt on during construction i used a 2cm seam for the waist to reduce the height a bit more.  i am very happy with how the height of the waist turned out.
  • add 4 belt carriers where the front and back pieces join the side pieces as i prefer to wear a belt with high waisted skirts.  I used the same great collette tutorial that i used for both my kelly skirts.
  • use a standard zip and do a lap insertion (the instructions are for an invisible zip). i only did this as i had a suitable standard zip in my stash.  i did the zip 3 times, once just eyeballing it in, but it was a bit wonky and obvious with the contrast thread, 2nd time i drew the sewing line on the fabric and pinned it in place, it was still a bit wonky so i ended up basting it in and finally got a pretty straight line. 


i used a pre bought bias binding for the hem to keep as much length as possible as i want to wear this skirt to work. the pattern contains pieces for the lining and i used 'elegance' from martha pullen again -  i used it recently in my laurel.  this is great lining fabric.  

here's a close up of the 'peplets' i really like how they add design detail and interest to the skirt, while not sticking out too far from the body.


the main fabric came from ikea.  i have seen this fabric in the navy colourway made up in the moss mini on blogs. but on a recent ikea trip i saw this orange/red version for the first time so i grabbed 1m for $7.99.  the pattern suggests a fabric requirement of 1.6m for the long version and i got this skirt comfortably from the metre while matching the circles as best i could.

i cut a size 42 which pretty much matches my measurements for waist and hips and i didn't make any alterations for fit - yahoo!


oh yes i love this skirt. there will be more.

emma

14 comments :

  1. It's fab Emma! I like your adjustments too - the lowered waist and belt loops. Looks great on you.

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    1. Thanks Jane am really happy how it turned out, just a couple of simple changes made it a fun wearable skirt for me.

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  2. It's just so adorable, it looked so fab the other night when we had our Sydney Spoolettes meet up. Still laughing at the "peplet"

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  3. I love this skirt. It's even nicer in real life. I love the changes you made to it. And peplets is a great term for these.

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  4. This is SO cute! I'm adding it to the list! Have you ever tried the Sunni Standing zipper tutorial on Craftsy? I used it the other day for a lapped zipper insertion and it turned out brilliant. It's free too....

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    1. Thanks Bec, yes i have watched that tut, and yes i should have totally used the method for this zip. Thanks for reminding me i am going to give it a go next time i do a lapped insertion.

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  5. Very cute skirt and those peplets add interesting detail.

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  6. This is super cute.. the dots are great. I've been toying with this skirt and think I might need to buy it.

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  7. Adorable! Ikea fabric never fails.

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    1. Love ikea fabric, totally agree it never fails!

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  8. Love this skirt! I'm so glad you were able to lop off some of the fabric to make it not so high waisted. It's so flattering on you. I see one of these in my future.

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    1. Go for it Jodie, would be a nice simple make in amongst your wedding dress fun!

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  9. This skirt is SO darn cute and it looks so/sew well made! The fabric is awesome...I'm going to pay attention next time I'm in Ikea...forget tea light candles...you'll find me in the fabric aisle.

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    1. Hah, i always make a beeline for the fabric section, so many goodies there!

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