 | | 2014-06-15 07:33
From blog Sew Hopeful
Houndstooth Pencil Skirt from Gertie's New Book for Better Sewing
I recently made up two versions of the pencil skirt from Gertie's New Book for Better Sewing
(affiliate link to Amazon) and was pleasantly surprised. It is a double darted pattern, which always works well with pear or hour-glass shapes with a high hip to waist ratio.
For this version, I added in a back vent as I prefer this to the open split, this one a did as a closed pleated vent for something different and also added in a lining. When I do my pencil skirt linings I always include extra ease when cutting by increasing the seam allowances around the hip curve. I read about it first when reading through the posts by Sunni regarding adding in a back vent and...
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