Second Verse, Better Than The First

“Talent you have naturally. Skill is only developed by hours and hours of work.”~Usain Bolt

This pattern might look familiar, I made this skirt in July of 2022.

Here is the link to that post in case you want to see how I made it back then.

Pants For Grandma And A Skirt For Me

I wanted a new skirt to wear to a car show, and it was going to be a hot day. I love the original skirt, so I decided to make it again. This time I chose fabric to match a “Ford” shirt that I have.

I chose this fabric from the 1990’s and got to work laying out the pattern.

This skirt has pockets! One of the reasons I love it!

Laying out the back of the skirt.

The first thing I sewed was the draw string. I cut it to the size that was needed, then sewed it with the right sides together.

Once the right sides were sewn together I flipped it, and top stitched the tie. I sewed down both sides of the tie.

Then it was time to prep the pockets to be sewn onto the front. The pattern calls for the opening edge of the pocket to be folded over and sewn. Which was what I did back then. As you can see, they are starting to fray.

This time around I ironed the pocket edge over twice, so the raw fabric edge would be hidden.

I prepped the rest of the pockets so I could sew them onto the front of the skirt.

I pinned the pockets into place.

Then I stitched them down. The pattern called for two rows of stitching to attach them.

You can see the double stitching from the backside of the fabric.

It was then time to pin the two front pieces together.

As you can see, the first time I made this skirt I didn’t put any finishing zig zag stitch on the seams. After much wear and washing they are beginning to fray.