Wednesday 5 April 2017

The perfect denim skirt (probably)

Who doesn't love a denim skirt? I've made plenty over the years (here, here, here and here) and I'm still not bored of them. When I was at the Knitting & Stitching Show recently I fell for some lovely bright blue seventies style denim from Guthrie & Ghani and immediately knew I wanted to make another one with it. The question was, what style of denim skirt to make?

My current favourite pairing: plain jumper, big necklace and clogs

If you type 'denim skirt' into Pinterest, 99% of the resulting pins are either A-line button up styles, denim minis or a combination of the two. I already own a RTW denim mini which I hardly ever wear, and it seemed a bit pointless to make another one just for the sake of it. I wanted to use my denim to make a skirt that would be worn a lot, so I scrutinised my handmade wardrobe for inspiration. The two skirts that I wear the most are my barkcloth skirt made from a vintage pattern and my chambray Simplicity 2451. Both of them have just the right amount of ease to be comfortable, but are still a great shape. Having made the one seam skirt twice already, I decided to give the Simplicity pattern another go.

Casual with a striped T-shirt
Simplicity 2451 is quite an old pattern and tragically now appears to be out of print (oh no!) - I must get into the habit of sewing patterns when they're current rather than years later. If you can get your hands on a copy though I'd highly recommend it - it's relatively simple and very satisfying to sew. As per last time, I cut a size 12 of view C, with no changes and the fit is just right. The denim has a slight stretch, which always helps. Because I was using a thicker fabric this time, I used a precious fat quarter of vintage feedsack for the inside waist facing and the pocket linings.


I love the contrast and the fact that the blue in the feedsack design is almost an exact colour match for the denim. 
Paired with a pretty vintage blouse 
I'm so glad I went with a pattern that suits my style. Yes, it's not the most hip pattern on the block but as you can see from the photos it works for me and my wardrobe! In fact, I can't think of any of my tops that this skirt wouldn't work with - I have tons of styling ideas. I may have to try that out as an experiment: one skirt, styled seven different ways!  x



11 comments:

  1. Love your skirt -Denim skirts are always in style

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  2. I think I have to disagree with you about this not being hip. I mean, I'm not sure whether this is "on trend" or not, but denim skirts and this style/pattern are both classic.

    And since I've also got a denim skirt in the works, I'd be super curious to see your one-skirt-seven-ways ideas :)

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    1. It was the 'on trend' bit I meant...and the fact that the pattern is now out of print! I do agree that a classic denim skirt is always stylish.Glad you're interested in the one-skirt-seven-ways idea (you may have just inadvertently come up with a title too!) I'll write a separate blog post about it and might see if others are interested in joining in 😀 x

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  3. Lovely skirt! It's so versatile - it looks great with all the outfits.

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    1. Aw thank you, it's certainly versatile! x

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  4. I love this pattern too and have made a jade green with a faint cross hatch design version, but may now have to make a denim one, as yours is lovely!

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    1. A jade green crosshatch one sounds fab (I love crosshatch!) x

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  5. The good thing about that style and fabric is that it tends to go with most tops. Nice make. x

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    1. I think it will go with most tops, most of mine anyway! x

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  6. Great article, love your sharing so much, thank you!

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