Hello Everyone! I hope all has been well. Over these past couple of months I’ve been practicing new garments. I’ve been going through yards and yards of muslin. After a month of trial and errors I decided to pause on experimenting and create some skirts for everyday wear. With spring right around the corner I decided to make my favorite article of clothing, a maxi skirt. Personally, I consider maxi skirts with elastic waistbands the next best thing after sweats. They’re stylish and very comfortable.
Today’s post is all about one of two skirts that I have made recently. I used some dashiki fabric that I’ve had in my stash for about 3 years, there are some links for similar options below. For the pockets, I used a piece of remnant fabric that I had in my stash. I didn’t have extra dashiki fabric for the pockets so I knew I’d need to use a contrasting fabric. I could have used a solid color for the pockets, but I thought it would be fun to use a print. Contrasting pockets was a great idea, it’s a subtle surprising detail. I’m going to start using my remnants for pockets more often; I love the character it adds to the garment and I’m finally putting my stash of remnants to use.
In addition, I added side slits. The dimensions of the skirt are not as wide as my other maxi skirts so adding side slits provided me with vents to support wearability. I didn’t want to be restricted by the hem when walking, adding the slits helped to alleviate any restrictions I may have had. The slits that I added are modest, they start about 2 inches below my knee.
Below you will find Part 1 of the tutorial and Part 2 is on my Youtube channel. Be sure to stay tuned to the end of Part 2, I have a video clip of myself wearing the skirt. Next week, I’ll be posting about a similar style skirt that I made using black crepe fabric.
How to Slay the Look
Skirt: Tutorial is below
Fabric: 45 x 30 or 47 x 32 Dashiki Panels, House of Mami Wata, option 1, option 2, option 3
Necklace: DIY, tutorial can be found here
Simply lovely, did you also make the necklaces?
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Thank you! Yes I made the necklaces as well with the scrap fabric that was left over. I’m so glad I had just enough. I have a tutorial for the necklace here: http://montoyamayo.bigcartel.com/product/imani-necklace-tutorial
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