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Made By A Fabricista: Birthday Skirt in Red!

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HI Fashionistas!

The month of May is a month of celebration for me and my family. We celebrated my birthday and Mothers Day this past weekend, and my husband and I will be celebrating our 9th wedding anniversary this week.

So for the month of May, I sewed up a voluminous pleated circle skirt in a beautiful red shirting fabric. Here it is:



Initially, I had planned on creating a high low dramatic hemline, and that is what I was planning on wearing until mid of last week. But after trying it on, it felt very heavy and was not too flattering on me, so I chopped it off to an even hemline about 19 inches from the bottom of the waistband to get this look.

The skirt is completely self-drafted and I will talk about that more in this post.  Here is the back view:





A bit obsessed with these owl earrings lately..


I drafted the waistband for the skirt 1first. It is basically a rectangle. For the length, I used my waist measurement, plus 1/2 inch ease, plus an extra 1 inch for seam allowance (since I stitch using 1/2 inch seam allowance to attach the zip on the back). For the hight of the waistband, I wanted a finished measurement of 2.5 inches so the pattern height is 6 inches (double of 2.5 plus 1-inch seam allowance total) 




To get this type of volume, I measured from my side seam to side seam on my body (let's call this measurement W) and then drafted a half circle skirt pattern on muslin using a waist measurement of W. I then cut 3 from that pattern and paneled them together. Once that was done, the waist of the 3 panel skirt was larger than my waist circumference. So then I added some pleats to the skirt to make the measurement of the skirt match the measurement of the waistband. Since the waistband was drafted to my waist, all I had to do was freehand some pleats to make the two fit. And Voila! Extra volume!

So you know I had to twirl in this skirt!


This was so fun to wear!


I wore it for my birthday on Saturday:






I also wanted to share a picture of Connor. He is 3 months now. He has started smiling a bit, although he is stingy with his smiles. He is such a serious lil' dude! 



And I also ended up wearing it for Mothers Day. It's a fun skirt to wear!



I hope you are having a lovely may. It is getting toasty here, we have had temps in the 90's this past week. The summer is going to be super hot, and I plan on staying home a lot and hosting a lot of playdates to keep myself and my kiddo busy.

I'll see you soon with my next make.

XOXO-
Vatsla from Fashion Behind The Seams

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  1. K T SmithMay 17, 2018 at 9:45 AM

    A very interesting blog. The skirt is beautiful and you wear it well. Thank you for teaching us how you made the skirt. If you were in one of my sewing classes I would have given you an A+.

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  2. AnonymousMay 17, 2018 at 1:36 PM

    Hi Vatsla:

    Beautiful skirt and overall look! I can relate to the month of May taking precedence in one's life. My eldest son is May 2, Mother's Day was May 13, my B-day is May 15, my eldest sister born 364 days before me is May 16, one of my good sister friends is May 4, my first grandchild is May 23, my niece is May 29, her mother is May 20 and to top it off, my future son-in-law is May 17th!

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    1. UnknownJune 21, 2018 at 10:33 PM

      Wow! You were definitely busy in May! Thank you so much!

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  3. UnknownMay 19, 2018 at 10:38 AM

    Love your skirt! It drapes beautifully and is perfectly proportioned for you. Thanks for sharing how to!

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