Saturday morning I slept late and decided not to do anything more productive than sewing. The sun was streaming in, I put a blanket down for Toby, and I started working on my ankara print maxi skirt. I was making the pattern up as I went but wanted to add pockets, so I had to figure out how to include both a zipper and a pocket in a seam. (This tutorial helped a lot.) I sewed the lining, I sewed the zipper/pocket side and felt really clever, I sewed up the other side–and then realized I’d made a rookie mistake:
You’re supposed to cut pockets out of the same fabric as your skirt, not out of lining fabric.That way you don’t get a big flash of contrasting material along the pocket openings.
I used every scrap of my two yards of ankara print to get the skirt pieces, so unpicking it and redoing it isn’t an option. Plus, the lining fabric I picked makes the whole thing too stiff and heavy. So this project went into time out for a little bit. Sometimes you just have to walk away…
October 21, 2014 @ 12:15 pm
oooooh noooooo! I really feel your disappointment 🙁
I love the print …. what did you use for lining?
If decide not to rip out and replace with a colored lining, how about a 1″ strip of blue or orange trim inserted into the seam to conceal the gap?
3″ wide strip, fold lengthwise, sew down three sides, turn, press.
Open the seam, stitch the trim to the lining.
Pin or baste skirt along the trim seam edge, slip stitch or edge stitch into place.