Pin Pegs Mini Skirt

Well hello there. It appears after my blog-a-thon that I dropped off the planet. Unfortunately, I got a little caught up in the end of semester crunch, life, stress and exhaustion.

I have managed to keep sewing. However my pace has been more 'slow and steady' than my usual frantic-manic style. I have a few items to blog though and should have a steady flow of items until the school  holiday, which are only three weeks away - yipee!! I'm already planning a bunch of items to make during the holidays and I'm super excited about them, so hopefully they will work. I also have Frocktails coming up, though I'm not sure if I will manage to get a new frock made for that. I might have to make do with an existing dress. We'll see though, I've been  known to make frantic decisions in the week leading up to an event.

Back to finished items though - this is one of my more recent makes, the Pin Pegs Mini Skirt from Sew This Pattern. Annie put a call out recently for pattern testers and she kindly picked me to test her pattern. Unfortunately, life got incredibly hectic and I didn't make the testing deadline - whoops! Turns out I'm not always a reliable deadline person.. Sorry Annie!

Her pattern is pretty cool and very much on trend right now. When I sew the pattern illustration, I immediately thought of a denim version.

I'm pretty stoked with the end result. I made a straight size 10 with no alterations, not even my standard waist shaping changes and it fits perfectly. It is meant to be a trim fit and it sits really nicely on my hips and waist.

As the skirt is short, it uses very little fabric. I managed to use of a denim remnant from my stash and used a slightly different denim remnant for the facings. My zipper is from The Remnant Warehouse and I shortened it to fit. I think it's important in a non-stretch skirt which is well fitted, to use a very strong zipper and this metal one is just that.

I really had no problems pulling this together. I did have trouble conceptualising how the underflap worked, but once I double checked the instructions it all made sense.

It was surprisingly warm in Sydney today, so I headed outside to photograph a bunch of items. Unfortunately it was also very bright, so you can expect a bunch of very bright, glowing photos on my blog over the next week or so. I wish I were better at photography, but I'd rather spend my time sewing than learning how to photograph better. :) Priorities right?

Have a great week!