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| From Marfy 093 Skirt |
You may remember the tie-dye Marfy skirt I made earlier this month.
This time I made Marfy #093 with the cute inseam pockets from Vogue 1247. BeeBee and Carolyn both kindly helped me with the details. Thanks to both of you! I love these pockets. I've worn the skirt several times and I find it both comfortable and stylish.
The fabric is actually a pinstripe. The narrow stripe is a very pale pink, and barely shows unless you really get close and stare at it. It's a stretch woven, and it does stretch out with wearing, so it rests lower and lower on the hip as I go along. Washing and drying seems to help it recover, so it is bearable, but this is the main problem with a lot of stretch wovens, IMO. They are unreliable in their fit because they grow fairly quickly as you wear them.
I wore the skirt on the plane to the Mu Phi convention I attended in Rochester, NY last week. That was fine, except I was surprised to have to be 'felt up' under the skirt by the TSA. Now I know why most everyone wears pants to fly, I guess. I generally do too, but hadn't realized they are anti-skirt. They were even checking some poor woman who had on a tunic and leggings. I guess the original screener didn't know a tunic from a dress, as she was very willing to pull up her tunic for them. I, on the other hand, was not planning to pull up my skirt.
Here's the back view.
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8 comments:
It is a lovely skirt, it looks very comfortable.I like the tie-dye version too.
I like the skirt and the top too. Did you make it aswell
Really nice, Liana. At first glance I thought it was the Rachel Comey skirt from Vogue!
I really admire your skills, and this skirt is just tops! Love the in seam pockets.
Thank you all!
Marie-Noëlle, I did make the top. It's McCalls 2818, a P/P shell that's a nice pattern. Maybe OOP, as I made it in 2005. I posted about it HERE and HERE
Love those pockets!
Have you tried stitching in a narrow twill tape at the waist seam to keep at least that seam from stretching out?
I'm glad you were able to incorporate the pockets because it's a great skirt on you!
As for stretch wovens, I've taken to making them just a tad smaller, then when the garment stretches out I'm still comfortable and it still fits.
Great skirt, Liana--and thanks for the information on TSA. I usually wear pants when I fly anyway, but will remember this for my two upcoming quick trips!
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