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arsenicflame · 1 year

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little wrap up of day one of the ofmd bird skirt!

i went into this one with a clear plan for once, even having a cutting plan and an order of operations written in my journal (wow look so prepared. expect to never see this again)

i have faith that this one will actually be a quick project, ive basically achieved all i can do for the moment- which isn't a lot, but its all the prep work at least! ive got to hang my skirt panels for several days now so they can stretch (which is more important than ever because its the /seams/ that are on the bias, rather than the center of the panel)

all my cutting out is done (a MINOR deviation from the cutting plan was made- i wanted to use my mega pocket pattern and i couldnt fit it in the top piece of waste fabric, i needed the extra smidge from the curve of the skirt) ive overlocked my pocket pieces, and stay stitched my waist line on the skirt (though i didn't cut it out as im not sure the pattern fits me absolutely perfectly, and i thought itd stabilise it more!)

i also started on the waistband! i had to re-teach myself how i like to do a petersham waistband, but its still my favourite way to do one! the petersham essentially acts as an interfacing, but itll never fold over on itself!) ive basically followed that as far through as i can too- given that the fabric is velvet i cant press it down so ive topstitched the inside edge but im not sure i want it visible on the outside, so im leaving that one for now

see you all next week when the bias has (hopefully) finished stretching for pockets, invisible zip and the rest of the waistband!

#nyxtalks #nyx sews #i love it when a plan comes together #this has been so stress free for once! i even cut my pieces on the fold which i damn near never do #my tape measure says the pattern should be pretty decent but i havent used it in a couple years soooo #im also hoping im remembering correct and the pattern is a good length- ome of the many. many. MANY fun things about sewing #while plus size is youre endlessly limited by fabric widths #bigger waist = bigger waist radius = longer length needed from corner to hem #this fabric is also narrow anyway so ive done my best!! i think itll be good i just like a knee length skirt so i always struggle #im probably only doing a baby hem on this though so ill get as much as possible outta the width #also the skirt is called that im my journal solely because i didn't just wanna call it. skirt. circle skirt. because ill make a million #of them over time. and i bought the fabric bc of the show so!!#also i had way too much fun picking a font that reminded me of the shows fonts- this one in specific is inspired by the flag font :)

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