Miss Maryams Sewing Corner (◡‿◡✿)

A Few Minor Notes Before I Begin

This Is Not The Fabric I Would Have Chosen To Recreate Ms Harleys Skirt It Was Simply The Only White Fabric I Had Laying Around That Had Happened To Have Tea Spilled On It Rendering It Rather Useless For Any Of My Other Projects I Do Believe Cotton Jersey Would Have Been A More Appropriate Fabric Choice As You Can See How Ms Harleys Skirt Pools At Her Feet Which Is Something Cotton Sateen Is Too Stiff To Do But It Is Perfect For Almost Everything Else

Fold Your Fabric In Half So That You Only Need Cut Out Your Pattern Pieces Once That Is To Say You Will Cut Two Layers Of Fabric At The Same Time

Before You Cut You Need To Measure Yourself Which I Should Note Is An Incredibly Vital Part Of Sewing That Is Often Vastly Underrated Just A Reminder Your Hip Is The Largest Part Of Your Torso And Your Waist Is Your Smallest

Will Need Two Measurements

Half The Length Of Where You Want Your Skirt To Rest On Your Body Usually This Is Your Hips Or Your Waist In This Case I Used My Hips The Other Measurement Is The Length Of Your Skirt From Where It Rests On Your Body To How Long You Wish It To Be

For Example From Your Hips To The Floor Or Your Ankles Or However Long You Wish It To Be But You Must Start Measuring From Where The Skirt Will Sit On Your Body Imagine A Skirt That Started At Your Waist And Ended At Your Feet It Would Be Substantially Longer Than A Skirt That Started At Your Hips And Ended At Your Feet Even Though They Both Go All The Way Down To Your Feet

Excuse My Rambling I Just Want To Be Very Clear About This Since It Is A Very Important Step

Once Youve Obtained Your Measurements You Will Mark Your Fabric Using Tailors Chalk Or Pencil And Then If You Are Sewing Properly You Will Pin The Fabric And Cut Next To The Line You Marked

Do Not Cut On The Line You Marked Cut 1/4”-1/2” An Inch To The Outside Of The Pattern To Include Seam Allowance Remember That When You Sew You Will Need A Bit Of Seam Allowance That Will Be Lost

If Your Skirt Was 36” Wide And You Forget To Include Seam Allowence By The Time Youre Done It Be 35” Wide And Wont You Feel Silly Then

My Point Is Do Not Forget Your Seam Allowance

Now That Youve Cut Out Your Two Layers Of Fabric Sew The Longest Sides Together With The Wrong Side Of The Fabric Facing Out And The Right Side Facing In

Next You Will Finish Your Seams

It Doesnt Particularly Matter How But If You Want The Inside Of Your Skirt To Look As Lovely As The Outside You Had Better Finish Your Seams

For The Sake Of Saving Time I Used Pinking Shears Which Prevent The Fabric From Fraying By Cutting On The Bias

You Will Then Iron Your Seams

If Your Seam Allowence Has Been Sewn Together When You Finished It Simply Sew The Seam Allowence To One Side Otherwise Press It Open

Once Youve Done That Finish The Bottom Of Your Skirt With A Hem I Suggest A Rolled Hem And If You Dont Know What That Is I Suggest Reading The Rest Of My Tutorials

This Is Now What You Should Have Depending On How Long You Wanted Your Skirt To Be From Here You Simply Need To Finish The Top And Add The Black Trim Which I Will Cover In My Following Tutorials

If You Wish To Save This Tutorial I’ve Compiled It Into A Single Image With Further Instructions

Anonymous asked: Miss Maryam, how tall are you? :o

In Earth Standard Measurements I Am Five Foot Three Inches Along With An Additional Three Quarters Of An Inch

Anonymous asked: How big is your seam allowance?

In General About One Quarter Of An Inch To Half An Inch Depending On How Confident I Am About The Fit Of A Garment

To be Entirely Honest Im Not Certain That Dave Would Be Inclined To Wear Skirts Even If He Were Female

Personally I Believe High Waisted Shorts Would Be An Excellent Alternative To A Skirt And Coupled With Thigh High Socks Would Be Rather Adorable I Should Think

I Really Do Adore That Combination And Wish Women Wore Them More Often Together Not To Mention Considering His Or In This Case Her Class A More Domineering Choice Of Clothing Would Probably Look More Fitting 

However My Personal Fashion Tastes Aside If Youre Quite Settled On Making A Skirt For This Endeavor I Would Suggest Perhaps A Simple Circle Skirt or Gathered Rectangle Skirt

Here The Gathered Rectangle Skirt Is Shown On The Left While The Circle Skirt Is On The Right

Both Of These Are Fairly Simple to Construct And I’m Certain Were You To Do An Online Search For Either Tutorials Would Come Up However I Will Also Be Doing Tutorials For Both Eventually Should You Care To Wait For Them

Something That Apparently Causes A Fair Bit Of Confusion Is How To Properly Measure Ones Self

I Was Once Told By A Lady Who Will Remain Nameless That Her Hips Were Thirty Eight Inches Wide When In Fact They Were Forty Two Which As You Can Imagine Rendered The Garment Id Made For Her Entirely Unwearable

And So To Prevent This Misfortune From Befalling You I Thought It Might Be Wise To Quickly Explain The Most Commonly Heard Measurements In Sewing

Those Being Your Bust Waist And Hips

To Begin Your Bust Is The Largest Part Of Your Chest Usually Located Directly On Top Of Your Nourishment Producing Glands

Your Waist Is The Absolute Smallest Part Of Your Torso

Lastly Your Hips Which Are The Absolute Largest Part Of your Torso
Yes That Does Include Your Butt

In Essence These Measurements Are So Vital Because They Answer The Questions Of What The Absolute Smallest Thing That You Can Fit Over Your Top And Bottom Are And How Small Something Must Be To Fit You Snugly At Your Smallest Point

Its Been Such A Long Time Since I First Made My Skirt To Be Perfectly Honest I Seem To Have Misplaced The Pattern

Fortunately This Lovely Young Lady Seemed To Take A Fancy To My Sense Of Style And Made A Pattern Very Similar To What I Myself Used In Fact I Should Go So Far To Say That Her Pattern And Sense Of Measurement Was Exactly What I Used

However Beyond The Pattern Our Fabric Choices And Possibly Constructions Were Slightly Different Her Skirt Clearly Has More Structure To It Than My Own

I Desired Something With A Bit More Give Should I Be Forced Into A Situation That Required Physical Mobility And As Such Used A Cotton Jersey Forgoing A Zipper As A Closure And Simply Pulling My Skirt Up Relying On The Fabrics Natural Elasticity

If Her Explanation Doesnt Seem Clear For Any Reason Please Let Me Know And I Will Do My Best To Elaborate On Her Already Splendid Job

A French Seam Is A Lovely Finishing Method That Is Most Commonly Utilized When Sewing More Delicate Materials Such As Chiffon Or Organza That Another Method Might Risk Damaging Its Often Seen In High End Lingerie

When Sewing A French Seam It Is Absolutely Vital You Be Aware Of Which Side Of The Fabric Youre Sewing On One Can Easily End Up Sewing Their Seam Backwards If Theyre Not Careful

To Begin Sew Your Seam With The Right Side Of The Fabric Facing Outward And The Wrong Sides Together Essentially Sew It The Reverse Of The Way You Would Normally Sew A Seam

Next You Must Then Cut Your Seam Allowance Very Short And Iron It To One Side Not Pressed Open As You Would Normally Iron A Seam

Flip Your Fabric So That You Are Now Faced With The Wrong Side Of It

Please Proceed To Iron It Flat

You Will Then Sew Another Seam

I Do Hope That You Now Understand Why Your Seam Allowance Had To Be Cut Short As You Are Now Encasing It Within The Seam Itself

At This Point You Should Be Able To See Both The First And Second Seam Youve Sewn However You Should Not Be Able To See A Raw Edge Anywhere At All Even When You Flip Your Fabric Over To The Right Side Which You Should Now Do

Youve Almost Completed Your First French Seam Simply Iron It Flat And Youve Finished

As I Mentioned Previously This Is A Method Most Commonly Used On Delicate Fabrics To Avoid Damage However That Should Not Limit Your Use Of The French Seam As It Can Be Used On Any Fabric With Great Success

If You Find Yourself Still Confused I Suggest Looking At The Image File I Created For This Tutorial Which Has Labels Making It More Understandable If You Were Having Any Sort Of Trouble

I Must Confess That Im A Bit Overwhelmed By The Number Of People Sending Me Questions Both Emotionally And In Terms Of Finite Resource The Most Important Of Which Being Time

At This Point It Will Probably Take Me At Least A Month To Properly Answer Every Question Ive Received In The Detail Such Matters Require So If Youre In Need Of An Immediate Response I Can No Longer Advise That You Come To Me With Questions

However If Time Is Not An Issue For You Then I Would Be More Than Happy To Help Assist In Whatever Way I Can

Anonymous asked: Are you willing to sendificate the skirt to all parts of the Earth?

Certainly