I am sewing my way through the Wiksten pattern offerings. This is a bit of a bucket list/ crossing things off my sewing lists, but I feel happy to finally get through them. I really liked Jenny's blog when she was actively writing it and I hope that she will come back to sewing (in public) and designing when her daughter is a bit older.
The skirt is from the winter 2008 Stitch Magazine, long gone from my house I had to borrow a copy from a friend. The pattern pieces can be downloaded for free but not the text. Both have errors so it's best to read Jenny's errata before starting.
I sewed this version in this very drapey raw silk from a fashionable stitch, and interfaced the waist and plackets with a very lightweight tricot interfacing. This particular product was a complete revelation, easy to fuse, non shrinking, non bubbling, you get the idea.
I also made friends with foot #3A (BERNINA's automatic buttonhole foot). Eight buttonholes later, I am sold!
Because I own a perfectly good edge-stitch foot (#10), I chose to completely ignore the hand stitching steps, of which there are many. No great loss here and the skirt took me long enough to make as it is. Mind you there was a muslin before the silk version. Which is good as I am planning more of those and even maybe a slightly more A-line version. The buttons may be a bit heavy for the skirt and I am considering replacing them with something lighter. Since I am not sewing them by hand I will not cry when I cut them all off... They would look good I think on a khaki version of the same skirt.
Being completely out of sandals made me hunt down these Salt Water sandals I spied on TOAST catalogue and bought at least 3 years ago and never wore. They seemed like a good idea at the time, then not then yes again, fickle lady. The necklace is a quick little thing I made to wear with the top (wiksten tank), the blue beads are dyed agate from Michaels.
Next week I am planning on working on the pieces of the tova top cut out of Pendelton wool many many years ago, an another tulip skirt (a bit more A-line) and work out this version of the skirt. much sewing going on, but still taking in very slowly...
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