BLACK PLEATS

During my many visits to Unique, I picked up some black satin fabric,

 and knew immediately, I wanted to make a skirt.  I wanted something fancy though, 

so I thought why not pleats? Wait, I don't know how to make pleats.

You Tube here I come.

Shout out to MadebySimstatic for the tutorial on making pleats: 

 Place a pin four inches to the right, another pin 2 inches and a third pin another 2 inches.

 

 Fold the third pin back behind to the first pin and pin that together. 

After the fold, repeat the steps, place a pin 2 inches to the right and another

 pin 2 inches, but this time, fold the 2nd pin to the front and pin that together. 

After tedious pinning, I sewed across the top hem.

I didn't have enough fabric, so I made a flat front.

Sewed the seams, added a zipper on the side and hemmed it.

Stuntin' @work

Shirt: Faded Glory
Shoes: Merona
Bag: Celine

1st floor please!

Sunnies: A.C. Moore (go figure)
Necklace: Walmart

Let's take it outside.

All Photos: dbass

HOUNDSTOOTH

Being an amateur seamstress, I rely heavily on sewing tutorials on YouTube. I wanted to make a skater skirt, so I followed the instructions of smarmyclothes. I picked up this houndstooth fabric from Unique for $3.99 for 2 yards.

I skipped a couple of her steps, but I did fold the material twice with the folded edges at the top and on the left.

I took a piece of twine and chalk and used it like a protractor to make my rounded hem.

I held the fabric up to my waist to see how long it fell and then cut on a curve for the waistline. I will save that cut piece as a guide for future skirts.





This is what the skirt looks like when you open it. There are no seams. It is one continuous circle.

I measured my waist and cut another piece of fabric for the waistband.

I pinned the waistband around the open circle of the skirt and sewed it together.

I decided later to add a zipper. Zippers are a little trickier. I will do a tutorial in another post.

Here's the finished product.

I decided to make a matching shirt. Doesn't it look like dress? I could attach the top to the bottom, but I want to have the option of wearing the skirt with something else.

#bathroomselfie