Tuesday 21 January 2014

A home made tartan skirt

I love braces, I love pinafores and I even love dungarees. In short I like anything with shoulder straps. I caught sight of someone wearing a swing skirt with braces at a dancing event some time ago and since then I have coveted something similar.

After much failed searching and some close calls (mainly from Vivien of Holloway and Collectif) I decided that I would have a go at making a pinafore skirt myself. Since its winter I found some bargain plaid/tartan fabric on ebay for around £2.60 per metre!

I did struggle to find a pattern though. So I used some of the skirt pieces from a dress pattern I have moved the zip, changed the hem, added pleats and then added a waistband and straps from my own design. It is mainly a simple skirt with two pleats at the front and two at the back to give it a bit more volume.

Unfortunately I did not think to save the pieces so if I want to make another skirt like this on I'll have to work it all out again. Silly me. I'll never make that mistake again!

When taking the skirt for its first outing, I decided to wear it with a simple black jumper with a lace collar that came from Primark.



And here are the straps at the back, they fasten with hidden buttons in the front waist band. Oh and my beret too :)


These red shoes came from Topshop and a so darn ADORABLE, they seem to have cashed in on these babies and they have had the same design available in tonnes of different colours on the website in the last few months (I have found them a bit big fitting in case you were thinking about getting them).



Of course with a skirt I was so proud of, I simply had to do my hair. I did that really silly thing where you wash your hair and don't quite get all the conditioner out and it looks like crap, thing is, what that does is give your hair a bit of extra texture so you can get a bit more height.

So I did two asymmetric victory rolls with a beret. I think I did pretty well at building height. I bought a teasing brush, tail comb combo that really helps smooth and create the rolls. 
One more sot of the skirt with gloves, my coat and bag. I think it may have looked a little better with a neater coat but anywho.


Skirt: Home made, original pattern
Shoes: Topshop
Gloves, Hat & Scarf: Accessorize
Satchel: eBay
Jumper: Primark

The best part is, I got 3m of fabric and managed to make a whole other skirt out of the leftovers :D I'll show you those another time!

What do you think of this one?



14 comments:

  1. It's absolutely gorgeous!!!! You've some serious talents! xx

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    1. Thanks Sera, it's taken a lot of practice but I think I'm getting there :)

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    2. Thanks Sera, it's taken a lot of hard work but I think I'm getting there finally :D

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  2. the skirt is really beautiful! love the plaid ... oh, and i can't wait to see the other skirt you made out of this fabric.

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    1. I love plaid too, and it's handy that it's in vogue at the moment ;) the other skirt is a little small as I made it as a reward for shifting a bit of weight, but it shouldn't take long.

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  3. I LOVE tartan plaids and being Scotch would LOVE to make a skirt from my clan's tartan.

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    1. My great grandmother was Scottish, I should really check what tartan I should use! If it's nice that would make an excellent post as I have some lovely photos of her in the 1920/30s.

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  4. Wonderful outfit and amazing style

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    1. Thank you so much Alan, and thanks for following :)

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  5. Cute! I love the beret! it's a great touch! And how long did it take to do your hair? Do you have a tutorial for the twin victory rolls?

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