Obsessed with Embellishment

I thought you might like to see who I work out embellishment ideas.

This version of the Sportive Skirt is a wearable muslin, which I don’t usually do, but this is an embellishment experiment rather than a fit experiment, and I’ve already done 3 versions of this style anyway (2 Hot Patterns Sportive Skirts, and one Trouser Skirt; they share the same sloper.)

There’s no lining on this denim version, and I wanted to finish the cut end of the (too long) zipper. The red stitching is decorative, and also holds the outside edge of the invisible zipper tape to the seam allowance. There’s a small piece of leather to finish off the cut end of the zipper (I always shorten coil zippers from the bottom and finish the end this way, or with a dab from a glue gun. I shorten molded zippers from the top by pulling off the extra teeth with a pair of pliers.)

The hem is finished off with Petersham because I decided the cut length is where I like the hem, so I had to make a faux hem of some sort. Lace was my initial choice, but I didn’t have any in brown, so I thought I’d go sporty with the Petersham.

This fabric not super high quality or special, and I used iit for the wearable muslin only to test the embellishment. The fabric I really want for this skirt is a stunning dark wash stretch denim that I need to retrieve from Ann. I’ll refine these interior embellishments on that version.

This was a fun experiment. The ideas are good and the colors just need to be worked out a bit more.