{"id":2380,"date":"2022-04-02T21:28:43","date_gmt":"2022-04-02T21:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/?p=2380"},"modified":"2022-06-22T21:34:25","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T21:34:25","slug":"the-pattern-probe-12-mccalls-m8055-elastic-skirt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/2022\/04\/02\/the-pattern-probe-12-mccalls-m8055-elastic-skirt\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pattern Probe #12: McCall’s M8055 Elastic Skirt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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All right, it’s good to be back!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Life can sometimes add a lot to your plate and keep you from blogging. I have been working offline on a few projects from freelancing to crafting and even a few sewing projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is one that brings me back to basics because no matter how long I’ve been sewing, I find it good to do simple projects for improving my skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plus, knitwear has seriously been trending the last 2 years and I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen knit skirts with elastic waistbands in high fashion selling for hundreds or thousands of dollars a pop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks McCall’s for ANSWERING the call, lol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Anyway, so I’m teaching this pattern to some eager beginners and I give this design a hearty recommend for anyone who wants to learn sewing but feel a little intimidated by it. The skirt is super simple to make; it only has 3 pattern pieces and uses an elastic band as closure so nothing complicated to construct like buttons or zippers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, use knit fabrics with moderate stretch in them per the pattern’s recommendation, at least until you master it and can handle fabrics with more stretch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So here are some pics of the A-line miniskirt I made (the shortest length in the pack, about 19 in.):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I went with a pattern size 18 all around to test the fit. For me it was pretty roomy in the waist and the length is nice, but next time I may shorten it JUST a little out of curiosity, lol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ll be making the pencil skirt in the shortest length next to see how that one looks too so stay tuned for updates. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

All right, it’s good to be back! Life can sometimes add a lot to your plate and keep you from blogging. I have been working offline on a few projects from freelancing to crafting and even a few sewing projects. Here is one that brings me back to basics because no matter how long I’ve … Continue reading The Pattern Probe #12: McCall’s M8055 Elastic Skirt<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-patternprobe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2380"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2431,"href":"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2380\/revisions\/2431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ashleyparkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}