Making a Super Shiny Side Swish Skirt
I've got a relatively quick but rather high impact skirt project for you today that just may look a little familiar. This is a slightly more asymmetric take on the side sash Dior inspired skirts I made a few years ago. I'll be making another of that first circle cut style on the channel this next week (in an even stranger fabric than this organza coated double-weave weirdness textile), but I am super pleased with how this version came out as well!
Here is a link to this exact fabric if you too need some super shiny garments in your life https://www.moodfabrics.com/products/black-clear-solid-woven-fp19702
I hope you are staying safe and are having an okay start to the new year. It's been pretty darn cold here for the most part, but I have managed to get a few long suffering things done around the house and have /almost/ found the bottom of the laundry pile...why does it always seem to magically reoccur?!?
I hope to have another pattern drafting demo out for you her on Patreon before the end of the month, and I have some fun if not exactly practical things in mind to create over this next year, so stay tuned for several sequins ahead on the horizon 😅
Once Again, But Even Shinier AND More Asymmetric?! (YouTube)
Comments (37)
Gorgeous! I am loving being a Patreon member of your work. In the case where you ask for patron ideas for projects, I absolutely love the cape coat you did inspired by McQueen and am trying to mock up my own. My stumbling block are the sleeves, I’m a trying to have the princess type bodice but have the sleeve situation be of the raglan kind. We’ll see how it goes, thanks again for the wonderful content!
Thank you Jaime! I don't have much experience with raglan sleeves, I may not have done one since university 🤣
I love a long needle for basting. My absolute favorites are Bohin size 10 milliner’s needles. Bianca, if you haven’t tried them, I think you’d like them: almost as slender as a beading needle, but not as delicate. And they just *glide* through the fabric.
Mmm that does sound excellent, I'll try and pick some up!
The skirt with the jacket is EVERYTHING.
Thank you Hailey!
Such a beautiful skirt. Love the fabric. I also love seeing your babies. 🥰❤️🥰
Thank you Carmen! They were very involved on this one 😂
Gorgeous, so shiny. Love, love, love.
Thank you Marie!
Oooo! That is gorgeous and so shiny!
Thank you Sarah!
The skirt is superb! I know you probably have a video on the technique used on the jacket back - the liquid gunmetal black one. Could you point me to that video, pretty please! Love that look! This is a killer ensemble!!! The red & black jacket also look pretty dynamic as well. Well Done! I am sure Oliver's assistance, helpful tips and meows of encouragement made all the difference in the world!
Thank you! I made the jacket in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIP8kobLWiA here where I show the back details ✨
I love the design, and the fabric is really cool. It's like the high shine lip gloss but for your clothes, lol. I like that the sash really hides the closure and slit and the swish. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you Tiffany! The hidden closure may be my favorite part as well, so clean!
Your supurrvisors were adorable, as purr usual... Skirt looks fabulous, love the material. I love this design.
Thank you Keren! The cats are indeed very attentive interns ❤️
Absolutely gorgeous skirt that is so versatile and dramatic…brilliant my friend…
Thank you Raelene!
I love how dramatic it is! Gorgeous
Thank you Heather!
Oh. My. Word. This skirt gets 5 stars from me. I love an asymmetric hem, and this fabric delights my magpie eyes! Paired with the good jacket? Hello runway! Magnificent! 😻🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Thank you Luminaria! I may make a few more jacket/bodice designs in the same textile to pair with it 😅
This is one of my favorite skirts that you have made. That is the one reason why I bout some dupioni silk in the first place. (Haven't made the skirt yet. lol)
Thank you Victoria! Make the skirtttt ✨
Absolutely don't mind repeats cause it helps me instill the techniques in my brain better. That fabric is AMAZING & I love the drama of the handkerchief swoopy bit
Thank you Robyn! This fabric was such a fun discovery ✨
Ooh, very shiny and dramatic! I definitely don't mind repeats of similar projects (especially if it gives you more wardrobe staples that you know you'll wear). The stairs are such a good filming background, wow! You could totally do a new lookbook there and make it Vampire At Home themed, with a bunch of those 1890's inspired pieces from a year or two ago!
Agreed!
Ah, yes, the old SSSSS or S⁵ 😊- can’t wait to dive into this one as a reward for finishing my own chores.
what an absolutely gorgous skirt! 😍I enjoy when you reuse patterns / project ideas because it's fun to see how the fabric and the small design tweaks change the overall outcome. The final look with the shiny jacket and the new skirt looks like you're ready to watch over a rainy city from a high floor in a futuristic office building sipping a cocktail... chefs kiss.
Thank you!! High rise cocktail bar patroness on a distant planet is my true destiny ✨
Maybe I missed it in all the circle math - did you account for the seam allowance at the waist when you calculated what radius you needed? This seems to be the thing that trips up most people when making circle skirts - God knows I've almost forgotten it MANY times. I know in your case since it's an overlay, a few inches here or there wouldn't necessarily matter, but I'm curious whether the actual waist seam line wound up a little bit longer than the 14" you planned. None of this is meant as a gotcha, to be clear. Entirely possible that you simply didn't verbalize that step or didn't highlight it in a quick explanation. I'm mostly mentioning in case others are trying to learn from the video and didn't realize the math for the radius of the seam line doesn't give you the radius of the cut line - you have to subtract your seam allowance to get the radius of the cut line. (And apologies for not being able to articulate any of this as clearly as I'd like - part of why it is always hard to explain, to yourself or to others).
I wasn't really being very particular about the math, as indeed it didn't matter to me much as long as things were within a few inches since it's just an overlay and doesn't have to "fit" me in any way 😅 Even explaining the general idea is clearly difficult for me lol
Have you seen the latest video from Lady Rebecca Fashions where she goes fabric shopping in LA? There's an *amazing* hologram organza that I'm lusting after!
I can't wait to see this year's projects.