March Dare: Skirts!

March has only one requirement: On April 4th you must WEAR a skirt that you have made in the month of March.  This means that if you aren't sure how this is going to work, you may want to leave yourself time to try again before then! hahahaha

You may make any type of skirt you'd like, from a full gathered skirt with a waistband to a slinky knit with elastic and anything in between.  It does not matter what kind of skirt you make but you are going to have to produce a wearable product by the deadline.

Last month's participation was a bit lacking and I have thought a lot about what went wrong.  (I should say here that Miss Joanna was not lacking at ALL and she deserves all the kudos we can give her!)  I decided (right or wrong) that the problem with the assignment to baste up your fitting pattern is that it was just a STEP.  It is much harder to make time in your schedule for things that aren't really going to result in anything concrete, anything finished...so now we are all stuck with this challenge!  Are you happy now?!??!  (I have to point out that I didn't even do a blog entry for last month. ;(  sigh!)

Just kidding.  Skirts are a great way to feel accomplished and warm up your skills....what skills, you ask?  Well, you could practice your lapped zipper that we worked on a few months ago.  Make a skirt with a waistband.  Learn the settings on your sewing machine for knits.  If you are still stuck doing your fitting shell, do the SKIRT part and make a tailored pencil skirt.  Your skirt can be as fancy or as simple as you want it....it doesn't have to have piping or pockets, linings or embellishments....but it could.  Challenge yourself and make something fun for Spring. 

(And if you didn't finish the first fit on your fitting shell, you really need to get on with it.  We can't move on to design until we have a basic pattern for your bod.  I know people got sick this month, but try to get things done early in the month this time.  It will happen again, something always comes up.  If you are ready with the fitting shell and want some help with alterations before the next meeting, let me know. ;) k.