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This was one of my March #burdachallenge2018 planned makes. Its the panel overlay skirt from the March 2018 issue. The issue itself was not very exciting and I struggled to select what to sew from it. After several browse throughs I landed on this skirt.
I rather liked the idea of the asymmetric panel on the top with the extra gathering. That bit was quite a challenge to sew up though it looks like a simple enough skirt.
BurdaStyle 03/2018 #116
The gathered overlay goes over the waistband but its also part of the in seam pocket. There is two sets of gathering in this skirt – the first is the main skirt itself gathered to fit the waistband. The second is the panel overlay which is gathered by way of elastic inserted into a casing. Quite a clever little feature when you think about it.
The fabric was bought from a flea market in Ocean’s Grove, New Jersey last year. Technically this is an upcycled project since they were originally a pair of bark-cloth curtains. The curtains were only $2 :-). Barkcloth is always such a pleasure to sew with. I finished the waistband with a cheerful yellow bias binding and an invisible zip at the center back.
By the time I snipped my last thread on this project, I had got over my ambivalence to the skirt and found that I actually liked it. Perhaps its the nice deep pockets or the barkcloth or the fact that the fabric cost me $2 in total. I have worn this quite a lot and find it to be very comfortable.
BurdaStyle 03/2018 #116 Skirt
BurdaStyle 03/2018 #116 Gathered panel detail
Side seam where the gathered overlay and main skirt are sewn.
I love the cheerful yellow bias binding (I made that from a fat quarter Kona cotton)
Other end of the panel that “sits” over the main skirt. I did some hand-stitching here. I like this waist detail and this is one of the things I like about BurdaStyle patterns -little details.
In case you didnt realise it was a panel – there is a panel here people!
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The morale of this particular project for me is that I am glad I tried something that I wasn’t too over the moon about. This is one of those projects that I feel has given me some growth in terms of my approach to sewing : its okay to sew things that don’t make my heart race with excitement at the prospect of wearing them.
Thanks for stopping by and until next time Happy Sewing!
Peace and love,
Hila
