Thursday, December 9, 2010

I have an Innocent Crush

I love Anna Maria Horner fabrics.  I mean, really,  I love them. I think I could live in a house entirely decorated with them!  They are so vibrant and interesting that I would never get bored.  So, I was thrilled when Innocent Crush came out and included some options in Velveteen!  I was able to score three yards from Sew Mama Sew when they had their sale a few weeks back.  I love their fast shipping and great customer service!

Anyway, I decided I wanted to make myself the Norma skirt from Ottobre Woman, 5/2010, pattern #2.  The description of their sample said they used stretch velveteen but I decided to try it with AMH's velveteen, which is not stretch.  I took a risk because I do not sew for myself often and I am not a skinny minny anymore.  This was going to take a great deal of attention to detail and patience.

With all that in mind, here is what I made! It was not an easy pattern to follow. The directions did not make sense to me in some places.  I knew how to attach the waist yoke, which was good because Otto's directions were too vague.  And the lining attachment instructions seemed like Greek to me so I made a slip instead of lining the skirt.  The skirt also came out about 4 sizes too large at first so I had to do major alternations on it. 

But, in the end, I now have a skirt to wear to holiday festivities this year!  And I have enough fabric leftover that I will be making a little girl skirt to match soon!  We will both wear our skirts with black tights, black shoes and black tops. 


6 comments:

  1. Such beautiful fabric for such a beautiful skirt. I'm sure you will love wearing it this Christmas season and beyond. I'm glad that you made the difficult pattern work.

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  2. Your skirt is so gorgeous and great sewing despite the trouble with the pattern. This velveteen is my favourite of her new fabrics. I can't wait to see the girl's skirt you make :-)

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  3. That looks so beautiful Kathy!

    Here's wishing you a Merry Christmas with your loved ones! :)

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