More pink progress- alomost done!

Well with being back at work fulltime and free-time seeming to be in short supply I have decided to make today's post fairly picture heavy , in order to bring you up to speed with where I'm at with the pink skirt (Kwik Sew 3240 take three).

Sewing up the baby hem for the lining:

Pinning the skirt and lining right sides together using my ironing board (and its very ugly cover, really have to do something about that ...sigh....):
Lining and skirt stitched, turned right sides out and topstitched:

Sewing the elastic in using my zipper foot. Although you can't really tell its sandwiched in between the lining and fashion fabric of the skirt. I sewed the elastic ends together (to form the waistband) before sandwiching it in:
Sasha, my cat, getting affectionate with the table edge and keeping an eye on my work (quality control). BTW no I don't drink while sewing, that whisky tin is what I store my pins in- DH gave it to me :)

Hopefully in the next day or so I'll have my review done for the Stash 2009 contest and you'll be able to see the finished product!

One down, one more to go.....

Yay -I have finally finished my black version of the Kwik Sew 3240 skirt!

I now have a basic black skirt to go out in AND have gained my first point for the Stash 2009 contest.

It took a little more fiddling about this time as I lined the skirt, due to the fabric being quite see-through.

Adding lining created quite a bit of bulk around the elasticated waist band, what with there being a double layer of fabric folded over. The result - teamed with the shininess of the fabric- is not as figure flattering (or comfortable to wear) as my first attempt.

Still part of making this was using up what I had in my stash, and it feels great to finally be rid of a piece of fabric I have had kicking around for years.

Unfortunately the pink version I am making next (which I have already cut out) will need lining too, so I am going to attempt to sew the elastic casing slightly differently in order to cut down on the boof factor.

You can read the review I posted here for this skirt-attempt on sewing.patternreview.com.

Next up the Kwik Sew 3240 skirt take 3- in pink! Then after that maybe a change in pace, or at least pattern :)