Tasha Sews

Pattern Review: Vogue 8711 My sewing group ran a skirt sew-a-long through February and March. I picked an oldie but a goody, Vogue 8711 . I absolutely love this pattern and have made it twice before, once in my blogging lifetime here . You might recognise this fabric from my last tank top  but for those of you not up to speed, this jersey was purchased from Simply Fabrics in Brixton priced at £2 per metre.  I sewed this straight out of the envelope, cutting a size 16. The only minor alteration was that I reduced the waist elastic to ensure that waistband was snug enough.  This fabric is thinner than the jersey that I used for my last skirt so it definitely falls differently. This fabric clings less, which isn't a good or bad thing, just different. I have one other confession to make which is that I didn't trim the seams back enough when sewing this. The lovely Giselle  photographed this for me a couple of weeks ago, but when I looked a...

Pattern Review - Vogue 8711 So it seems as though I have been MIA these past couple of weeks. The reason for this is silly - I broke my camera on a hen-night out. So although I have been sewing I have not been able to upload any suitable proof of this! As I was visiting the folks this weekend I forced  asked my mum to take a couple of snaps of Vogue 8711  before heading out for my cousin's birthday drinks. I have made this skirt previously (view D) in my pre-blogging days as a skirt for work in black jersey, but I have been dying to make this again with the contrast panels.  I'm not sure about other sewers out there, but I generally find skirt patterns really underwhelming, so when I first saw this one a couple of years ago I had to jump on it! I absolutely love the fit and style of this skirt and think that it flatters most shapes. It creates such a feminine silhouette either enhancing your god given curves (have you guys seen the stunning Mimi G rock...