Sunday 6 February 2011

BurdaStyle 01/2011 - 113 Skirt

My first Burdastyle magazine pattern is completed!  Overall I'm pretty happy with this skirt, although I had a few little issues with the construction. 


2440 front


2440

2440 front

2440

The fabric I used came from a sample rack so I'm not entirely sure of its contents, however I think it must be lycra based as it has a bit of stretch - this is a good thing as this skirt is quite close fitting! 

The yokes:  Getting a nice clean V shape on the yokes was difficult and I didn't quite get there unfortunately!  You can see from the picture that the back V dose not sit so flush. 

The godet:  I loved this element of the skirt in the magazine picture, but unfortunately this part just did not quite work on mine.  I think this was because of 2 factors -
  • I had taken 2 inches off the length when cutting out to get it to my desired length, however I forgot to adjust the the godet seam mark on the pattern up by 2 inches also.   This meant that my godet was far too small;
  • The fabric doesn't have enough movement in it so the godet stuck out rather than fall softly into a fold.  Looks more than a little odd so off it came!

The tailored jacket is still in progress and coming along slowly, I should have a post soon as an update.

4 comments:

  1. Very nice skirt, you've made a great job of the yokes. Loving the shoes.

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  2. Thanks for the info on the fabric choice. I have this on my to-do list and I'll need to buy something suitable. This looks good on you- I like it belted with the cardigan!

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  3. This is a pretty skirt. I like the yoke front, it looks so clean, good job!

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  4. I just saw your review on PR for this skirt. Great job! I will have to add this to my growing list of things to sew :)

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