after a few weeks, i got my first clients! i invited interested women to join me at high fashion fabrics to choose and purchase supplies for me to make them a skirt. i figured i wasn't experienced enough yet to be allowed to charge them, so this seemed fair to me.
lauren chose a beautiful light orange wool for her skirt, and contrasting hem tape (aqua!) and a beautiful white zipper with gold teeth. lucky for lauren (and myself), i'd already gone through the trial and error period with the wool. i knew to take my cut pieces right to the serger, then to bang out the thick gathers with the iron and that wooden tool. easy enough, right? not so. i'd planned to prepare a hem like my first cotton skirt, that folds up and is finished with a nice hem tape. it should be noted that the stitching on this part of the skirt was planned to be matching orange on the outside, and aqua (bobbin) to match the hem tape on the inside of the skirt.
the zipper on lauren's skirt was quite agreeable!
once i finished this hem, i realized it was wrong. obviously the wool is too thick to fold on its self and persuade flat! i seam-ripped the entire hem off. i should tell you it had already been sewn on once upside down, so by this point i was pretty annoyed. somehow, it also ended up quite short all of a sudden. after a consultation with the client, we decided to leave the hem unfinished like mine, with a white stitch across the bottom for contrast. we were both pleased with the final product.
lauren modeling her custom skirt
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