It’s finally fall! We are still having some warm days, but I have gotten to wear a sweater at least twice!
Last year about this time we were in Edinburgh, Scotland on our honeymoon and I had scored 2 meters (a little over 2 yards) of clearance plaid from Edinburgh Fabrics. (The cat hair is from Ezra the kitten, not Edinburgh Fabrics.)
Black and white plaid, a classic!
I really wanted to use this classic fabric for a classic shape. I knew I would want a skirt, but I wanted something with a little extra OOMPF! I used one of my MyBodyModel 3 body drawings to sketch out the patterning for the Seamwork Osaka. The Seamwork Osaka is reversible and it has panels that are perfect for color-blocking or pattern-blocking.
MyBodyModel custom croquis
I realized pretty quickly that I would not have enough plaid wool for both the inside and outside of the reversible skirt so I went into my stash and found some leftover jewel purple, faux suede fabric.
This was the first time I really attempted pattern matching. Instead of cutting any pieces on the fold, I took tracing paper and made the pattern piece whole then I used the vellum to trace the pattern. As long as I remembered to include the seam allowance in my pattern piece matching it seemed to work!
Because the Osaka skirt had a lot of rectangular pieces that were very similar I pinned the pattern piece letter to each piece. It saved me a lot of headaches!
By chance, I picked up these black and white buttons that look pretty nice with the fabrics I chose!
I didn’t have quite enough fabric to create that bottom band, so I added a little purple band at the bottom.
And this is the other side! I turned the plaid at a 45 degree angle along the bottom.
Since this is a double-layered skirt it is very warm so it will make for a cozy fall skirt!
Do you think you’ll wear both views equally, or do you favor one side over the other? Either way, the fit looks good and the pattern matching is on point!
I think I will for sure wear the plaid side out more. The purple is nice and soft compared to the wool. Also I just prefer that side a bit. Thanks so much!
That is really lovely! What a brilliant idea and superb pattern matching! It looks stunning both ways.
Thanks! I only had to recut one piece to fix the pattern match!
That is so cute, especially the playing with plaid direction! It looks great on you!
Thank you! Every now and then things come together! :)