Liberty Cord Grainline Studio Moss Mini

Last month I posted about my planned Liberty needlecord Grainline Studio Moss Mini and the Gorman skirt that inspired it. I chose this beautiful Liberty Rossmore Cord - LRC03542256C - Lesleys from Sew Box in the UK. First let's talk about how much I love the skirt and then I'll talk details.

  

Um, I love it a lot! The skirt is not perfectly constructed, but its still perfect in my book. It's super mini and super fun. It's a great summer length but also pairs really well with tights. The skirt feels really me and I love wearing it. Quick note, its been so overcast in Melbourne and all my outside photos turned out overexposed. Sorry!

The details. I cut the mini version in a size 8. I easily got the skirt out of the 1m I bought with all the pieces running in the same direction (phew). I was surprised by how delicate the Liberty cord was and decided to line in with a purple cotton sateen from spotlight. I've never lined a zipper fly skirt before and wasn't sure how to go about it so I made it up as I went along. In essence I made two versions of the skirt back and front but didn't include the pockets on the lining version.  

I basted the two skirts together, wrong sides facing at the center front fly and a few inches either side. I treated the lining and self fabric as once piece for the zipper insertion. The fabric was a little bulky and the liberty bunched up a little at the bottom of the fly cover. It's not perfect but I think the print hides the bunching pretty well.

I then turn the skirt inside out and sewed up the lining side seams and self side seams separately. On the self fabric I created foe flat fell seams which you can see in the picture below (the double straight line at the center back of the self fabric). I also top stitched the pockets. Unfortunately the top stitching is lost in the print but it makes me happy to know it's there.

I only cut one waistband and one facing, as originally instructed, and sandwiched the two skirt layers between them. I added my own label and the beautiful Liberty label that came with the fabric to the waistband facing. I also attached 5 belt loops to the skirt using the instructions from Tim's Jedediah shorts. Again the belt loops get a bit lost in the fabric, but I know that they're there!

I attached gold button I got in an op-shop bag-o-buttons-bargain. I regret not interfacing the waistband, in addition to the facing, to provide some extra structure. but otherwise I'm really happy with it.

I originally wanted to keep the lining and self fabric as separate skirt layers (apart from the fly) and thought I would hem the two skirts separately. The hem is created by folding 3/8"twice. To keep a teeny tiny bit more length I decided to fold both skirt 3/8 just once and hem them together. I'm not sure this was the best decision as if either fabric stretches it will bulge at the hem. I could always re-hem it later.

Overall, I'm really happy with how the skirt turned out and I'm glad I made something that I will wear often and can be proud of, rather than spending more money on something mass produced. Sewing with the liberty fabric was a dream. I love the feel of the silky soft cord. I hope and pray I can justify further purchases of Liberty fabric some time in the near future. 

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