I’m completely in love with this skirt pattern (New look 6981). Here’s the line drawing (I’m not showing you the photo illustration because I find it cringe-inducingly hokey):
I’ll post some pictures soon of the two skirts I’ve made from this pattern so far — and I’m sure they won’t be the last, either. This skirt is exceptionally comfortable and goes together like a dream. sewing at top speed I bet I could get one cut and sewn in a couple of hours, and that includes using an undetectable zipper (instead of the regular one the pattern calls for) and adding on-seam pockets.
It’s a really cheap pattern, too — you can get it for under $5 — and very efficient in terms of fabric use. (I’m going to go through my large bin of “pieces of fabric too big to toss yet too small for an entire dress” and see what skirts I can eke out of leftover yardage.)
So far the ones I’ve made have been in heavy denim, but I also just gotten some velveteen that I am dying to sew up … and this would be really cute in lightweight cottons with the heavy contrast border. Do I sound obsessed yet? It’s trending that way …
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