Purple Skirt

Another easy and quick little make was this high-waisted, elasticated silky skirt.

The fabric came from a remnants bin, I think there was about 80cms of it for just over a £1..bargain :) in fact the wide black elastic was the most expensive, it's really strong, good quality stuff. I did pretty much the same thing as the "not-a-circle-skirt" skirt, but used a steeper slope for the pattern piece because I wanted the skirt quite fitted at the bottom but a bit of room for gathers at the top - tulip skirt shape...ish.

To attach the elastic you either need 4 hands or a very useful friend! One of you stretches the elastic, and the other sews the material to it using a zigzag stitch. Then it gathers like magic once you're all done and let it go.

I really like how it turned out - it's a super useful going-out skirt because of its silky finish, and because it can be used to do the colour-blocking thing - as above. It's actually a magenta sort of colour (not the purple it looks in the shoot) and goes with lots and lots of things. Including these gorgeous hidden platform open-toe heels and my "sweetie" necklace (bought in NYC a couple of years ago and goes with absolutely everything!):

Big thank-yous to Sadie from Sadie's Wardrobe who actually managed to discover this hidden-away-just-starting-out blog! No idea how crazy we went when we discovered somebody we didn't know had found our blog...and left lovely comments! So if you haven't seen hers yet, please visit - it's one of our favourites :)

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