I found this lovely plaid wool on sale at Fabricland, and knew I had to make something for my daughter. It was difficult for me to put my ideas on paper and then find patterns for the outfit I had in my head.
YouTube Video of The Sydney Suit
As I knew I wanted to make some sort of suit, I thought the Downtown Coat from George & Ginger would be ideal for the jacket. (This is such a cute pattern, but unfortunately the pattern has been discontinued.)
Now to find the perfect skirt. After searching high and low, I could not find a pencil skirt with a flounce that didn't have a zipper. I have a book I have called Improv Sewing.
In the book there are instructions on how to draft your own woven skirt, using knit panels. This way I didn't have to add any closures.
PERFECT!!!
I thought.
So the Sydney Skirt, as I'm calling it, it is a mashup of the Pirate Pencil Skirt, the method in the book Improv Sewing, and an added flounce.
Pirate Pencil Skirt is a free PDF pattern, from Pattern for Pirates. I just used the size her measurements fit.
To make the flounce I cut off the bottom 8" of the below length skirt. And then slit the fabric all along at 2" to create the flounce. I followed this great tutorial on how to do it. How I create a flounce Pattern-- Sew Custom I was pretty nervous since I'd never done anything like this before, but it all came together. For the added fabric panels on the sides, I had to add 1.5" to each piece. I am so happy with how it turned out, my daughter loves it.
It all came together beautifully!!!! I am so pleased with this entire outfit. It is definitely one of my more challenging outfits to date.
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