So it's still Indie Pattern Month over at the Monthly Stitch and this week is dedicated to "New to Me". Sew an Indie pattern from a designer you have never sew before, it's not hard for to find an Indie designer I have not sewn before. I've only sewn from a handful of Indie designers, although I own patterns from several more just waiting to be sewn. So did I pick one of those patterns to sew? No. Did I sew my "Secret Santa Swap" pattern? No (technically I couldn't, as I have bought and sewn the Onyx top from Paprika Patterns since being given the Jade skirt in the swap). No I bought a new pattern after reading Diary of a Chainstitcher, there is a regular update of new Indie pattern releases and news on this blog. The pattern in questions is the Fatale Sister Skirt by Vanessa Pouzet.
It's a simple pencil skirt, with an open ended zip at the back. So you can make the split as high at you dare.
The pattern consists of only two pieces and prints in only 12 pages. Some patterns on this site are in English, but this one was only available in French (I haven't studied French in over 30 years). Fortunately the picture instructions were good and with the dubious help of Google translate I was able to work out what I needed to do.
The pattern is meant to be fully lined, but I didn't have any suitable lining, so I finished the hem and waistband with bias binding. Of course I couldn't leave it as a simple two piece skirt and I doubled the number if pattern pieces by adding pockets. The fabric is a funishing fabric I picked up at Standfast and Barracks (the Liberty Factory Shop) on our way home from holiday on the Isle of Arran in February. I only bought 50cm so that is the length of my skirt. The turquoise open ended zip I picked up at the Yorkshire Spoolettes meet up in Dewsbury.
So it it too formal to walk the dogs? I don't think so.
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