All Discussions Tagged 'skirts' - The Sew Weekly Sewing Circle2024-03-29T08:32:41Zhttp://circle.sewweekly.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=skirts&feed=yes&xn_auth=noDid I do something wrong?tag:circle.sewweekly.com,2011-05-07:6365347:Topic:299492011-05-07T01:21:10.716ZHattie Salashttp://circle.sewweekly.com/profile/HattieSalas
Here's my first skirt! Yay! Since the material was a bit see through, I doubled it and folded it, so I didn't even have to stitch the bottom. I was pretty pleased with the skirt overall. If you read <a href="http://hattiesboutique.blogspot.com/2011/05/skirt-made-me-do-it.html" target="_blank">my blog</a> though you'll notice I mentioned that the elastic in the waistband rolls. It doesn't bother me too much so I doubt I'll rip apart the seams and start again, but I'm wondering if I did…
Here's my first skirt! Yay! Since the material was a bit see through, I doubled it and folded it, so I didn't even have to stitch the bottom. I was pretty pleased with the skirt overall. If you read <a href="http://hattiesboutique.blogspot.com/2011/05/skirt-made-me-do-it.html" target="_blank">my blog</a> though you'll notice I mentioned that the elastic in the waistband rolls. It doesn't bother me too much so I doubt I'll rip apart the seams and start again, but I'm wondering if I did something wrong? Did I make the casing too big? (It was a 1" elastic and I made the casing about 1.5")? Should I have made a few vertical stitches somewhere to "lock" the elastic in place? Please help!-Hattie<a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2869049548?profile=original"><img width="500" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2869049548?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="500"/></a><br/>