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Sewing Class Skirt : Russian doll a-line skirt

11/17/2010

This is the A-line skirt we made in our after school sewing class I’ve been teaching some really COOL high school girls who shall remain unnamed but You know who you are! We made a pattern from an A-line skirt from this really easy book :
This project was  the darted A-line skirt with a side zipper and a bias tape waistband. I added the pockets but think I did a messy job.

This is the detail from the bias tape waistband. The book said to sew the tape on one side and then sew the other side down with the machine. If I make this skirt again I will sew the bias tape by hand because I think the machine stitching looks sloppy. I also would probably do the hem by hand because a 1/2 inch machine straight stitched hem also looks a little shoddy.

Perfect for jumping rope. I am sort of obsessed with Russian nesting dolls lately. I think I’ll make some bibs with them on them to sell!
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Comments

  1. Anonymous says

    12/22/2010 at 4:43 am

    The skirt is cute.

  2. Andrea says

    04/12/2011 at 8:01 pm

    Very original!! I love the baby pants too, the pictures are so cute



I'm Justine! Welcome to my sewing blog! Here you'll find lots of handmade clothing for myself and other lucky folks! I'm a native Los Angeleno who moved to a small farm outside of LA with my family.

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