Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Does my butt look tall in this?

Oh yes, you can bet I've had that post title in mind since before I even cut into this fabric. (Surely I am not the only person who composes blog posts in my head during the making process?)

I'm not normally an animal print person but giraffe print? I don't know, there was just something silly about it that I couldn't resist. I'm really hoping it says 'this is a fun skirt that is not taking itself at all seriously' rather than 'I'm trying to make some sort of animal print/sexy beast connection'. Plus, it's really lovely mid-weight cotton by Sevenberry of Japan, and it charmingly said 'Made by Japan' on the selvedge. Thank you, Japan!
This is, of course, another Grainline Moss skirt. I had put the fabric aside a while back with the idea of making shorts for one of my boys. However neither of the big boys seemed too keen and Clem, at the time, had plenty of shorts. And so it sat... until after I'd made my woodgrain Moss and had worn it so much I felt there was room in my wardrobe for one more.

A friend bought some of this fabric some months back and told me she'd made herself a skirt from it so there are two giraffe skirts 'in the wild' in Adelaide. Yay! I hope she doesn't mind me being a bit of a copycat.

Once again, love this pattern, hate the process of putting in the zip fly. Still. Managed it all fine this time except for the last part of attaching the facing/guard thingummy, which has the overlocked edge facing outwards instead of the neat-looking folded edge. I didn't realise this until I had the waistband on and it was all too late. It's totally hidden from the outside of the garment so only bothers me. But I later noticed that the diagram in the instructions has it shown around this (incorrect) way, although the written instructions say the right thing. I don't know if this has been corrected in the pattern since.

Nevertheless, I'm quite delighted with this and it is joining my other two Moss skirts on high rotation.

- Jane x

15 comments:

  1. LOVE YOUR GIRAFFE SKIRT! That is, without doubt, the best animal-print fabric I have ever seen. x

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    1. Thank you - I am so glad it appears to be giving off the right silly vibes :)

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  2. A giraffe skirt? Yes! Yes! Yes! It's awesome and the fit is perfect!
    I also just want you to know that you're !my kindred spirit. I just put in a zipper in my third pair of maritime shorts and put the fly shield in backwards (even though I've never done that before) and it was all because I was looking at that damn diagram! Oh well.

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    1. Oh yay it's not just me! I swear I have buggered up that zip fly insertion in every single way possible after sewing this skirt 4 times. And this was a new stuffup to me too!

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  3. Ooh my daughter (25 years) would love a giraffe skirt, fabulous!

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  4. Super cool! Have been eyeing off this pattern for awhile now, but this version has confirmed it for me!!

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  5. Wow another fantastic fabric! Love this skirt. Any yes i definitely throw around blog titles in my head during the sewing process. No inspiration though for my latest one!

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  6. Yes, yes, yes. Your butt looks super tall! Super tall. Gosh, I really could not love this any more than I do. Your style - quirky, tongue in cheek, yet classic - never ceases to inspire me!

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  7. Laughed myself silly at the title! Fab skirt, I do love that you use fun fabrics for some of your makes. Bethxx

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Hey, I would really love to know what you think. Go on!

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