STYLING AN OFFICE SKIRT

Hello everyone,
My name is @gemangel, and I’m excited to make my first post in this community and also, share with you one of my passions, sewing.

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Today, I will be making an office skirt with side plating. Before I kick off, I would like to share with you a short story of how I learned how to sew.

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It was only for a short period of time in my life that I was really idle. At that time, I was already awaiting admission to the university and wasn’t sure if it was going to come, so I decided to get my hands busy with something I love, fashion. Long story short, one month into my sewing classes, I received my admission letter and had to stop halfway through to continue with my education.

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It was sort of bittersweet for me. From this story, I’m guessing a lot of you could have by now figured within one month there was not much I could learn to become a professional seamstress.

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Well, you guessed wrong. I had learned how to sew a simple straight skirt, and I was in the middle of learning how to perfect a top when I was stopped halfway by a call to acquire more knowledge and chase bigger dreams.

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Yet again, I will cut the long story short by saying I used my limited knowledge of sewing to perfect bigger styles like flare skirts, dinner dresses, and so on.

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However, this is my first time trying this style, and I didn’t know what to expect.
I started by taking my measurements.
Length
Waist
Hips and waist to hips
Since it was an elastic fabric, I did need a zipper or darts. I used crepe fabric, which was approximately one and a half fabric materials, to make this skirt, and with the help of my cutting paper, I drafted the back and front patterns. When I got to the front part, I slammed and spread, then carefully calved out the front. This skirt took more than 6 hours to make; it was my first time, and I tried not to make any mistakes.

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So tell me, knowing you know about the circumstances surrounding my learning how to sew and the fact that it is my first time, how do you think I did?

Thanks for Reading. I look forward to sharing more creative content with this wonderful community.