I once made an ankle length skirt like this in the 70’s. It was a little fuller than yours and was a gorgeous dark heather coloured woollen fabric. I lined it too. My mother mocked the life out of me till we had the autumn power cuts (coal miners’ strike) and I was the only one in the house who was warm 😊 I think we call that waistband petersham in the UK. Looooooove your demonstrations. XxXx
In my experience in this community, you are second to none matching plaids. I remember the pants! Just finished watching… it’s a beautiful, beautiful skirt. So chic and classic! ❤️
That is so lovely! There's nothing better than a well matched seem! Also nice to see an old school hem. I have quite a few of those packages myself as over the years I have inherited sewing supplies. So it's good to be reminded of what a nice finish they make!
Beautiful just! The other day while doing a craft project with my daughter, I said "If it doesn't look good, don't sew it!" I had to explain, as we weren't even sewing 😂
The way the check matched along the side seam was so eye catching! It was a perfect pattern to come together on the diagonal and creat such a good visual effect.
I'm back. I forgot to say how great the waist is finished off. Such an easy application, and no bulk. I definitely will be doing this technique. Thank you again for all your tips.
Back in the day when I had clothes made the seamstresses used the chalk marker! Haven’t thought about it in years. Love that you used hem tape too! I am a Babylock user and I have picked up some things about my machine from explanations you give. Great tutorials and I know your students LOVE❤ having you as their instructor.
The hockey pucks! I bet you have maple syrup in your veins😂😂 Another beautiful project Catherine, you made matching plaids less daunting for me. I could see myself trying it. Thank you.
Love this. I didn't want to do an A-line because of the stiffness where it sticks out at the sides. BUT you said the cross grain cut makes it softer - and it does. Oh I need to make this. Thank you. ❤
I really enjoy your videos. The drape and flow of your skirt is so nice. As far as your red lace hem tape, love it. I really, really like an irreverent interior on a garment. Years ago I went to a breakfast for a politician and there was a young female politician from another state that spoke. She was making the rounds shaking everyone's hand in a very boring and conservative brown suit. When she came to our table I noticed her jacket lining was cheetah print. I thought "you go girl". What a way to give confidence to yourself. All because she or someone close could sew.
I am so happy to have found your channel last week. I have been sewing for more than 40 years and still learn some really helpful tips from you. I'm binge - watching now!! Your skirt is top notch! Beautiful!
I learned a lot watching this video today. The ease with which you sew and teach at the same time shows how well you have mastered your craft! Thank you. The skirt is truly lovely.
That was a wonderful tutorial. I love the finished product, so feminine and classy. I can't wait to make this. I love plaids, and of course yours matched. Thank you for the tip about letting the skirt hang for 24hrs., I didn't know that fact. Your a great teacher. Thank you so much.
Looks so elegant on you. Thank you so much for walking us step by step how to cut fabric on bias. It is really helpful information and short to the point. I think I can use your guidance to cut the camisole that I want to make for long time and I was a scared to make it.
This is such a great tutorial. You sew every detail so nicely. This skirt made me remember a nice skirt I sewed in the 1970's. I had forgotten about it. It might have been my first time matching plaids. I always love the challenge to match a plaid/tartan.
Had to stop at 6 minutes in to say ...that was easy. Im back binging your videos! Ive sewn over 50 years and still learning tricks. This is great to know because Im always melding patterns together or changing. Even though you say it may skim body more because cut on bias I still like it better than tons of gathers but I have in my youth cut an A line skirt pattern in a bigger size to add elastic waist. Just for ease and dont have to put in a zipper. Not sure Id like that now at 68 and baby tummy. But glad I know how to change a skirt to A line.
Wow! That hemming process brought back memories! We didn’t have that gadget, so we would sit on the floor with a yardstick to mark hems with pins. I’ve hemmed many a skirt or slacks with hem lace.
You made a beautiful skirt, and eplained the process so well. Just a suggesstion --- It could be helpful to stay-stitche the pattern pieces along the waistline, and perhaps the hem edge to prevent them from stretching as the skirt is sewn.
That skirt looks great!! Thanks for the tip on altering pattern from straight to a-line! So easy! As usual, your voice is so calming, relaxing. Really enjoyable to watch your chanel. Thank you!!
This skirt is beautiful! Watching your videos has inspired me to try garment sewing again. Love that you found a use for hockey pucks. Now I know what to do with the ones I have lying around the house😊
You are an amazing teacher! I have been sewing on and off for a long time, and I have never been able to tackle a plaid bias skirt yet. You explained perfectly what needs to be done, so I am going to go ahead and make me one. How much more yardage should I calculate as a multiple of the skirt length?
Hello your channel crossed my feed and I watched one video and I am hooked, so with that being said "new subbie" here enjoyed this video and took me down memory lane when I used to make all of my school uniforms with brown, gold and red plaid....💙 Thanks for the memories looking forward to seeing more of your creativity!!!
I finished the skirt, and your technique rocks Catherine, it turned out fantastic. Even if the cut is not true bias, since the plaids are not square, it looks beautiful!
This was one of your best videos. I learned so much! I especially appreciated the tip about hanging the garment for 1-2 days before hemming. I am planning to make a summer dress on the bias soon so this was perfect timing for me!
Beautiful, some of my favorite summer skirts are a-line bias cut made from rayon challis. Very cool, comfortable and they feel so flirty!!! Thank you showing how to design and make such a classic versatile skirt.
Very interesting to see how you did the invisible zip, and how to line up the tartan lines to match. Was a relief to see that even with all your skills, the red lines by the zip did move slightly, as it will be reassuring when I get it even more off line :). Love the puffer hemmer! I think if I was going to have a belt regularly I'd put belt loops to hold it exactly?
Gorgeous skirt!!! Such an easy method for transforming a straight skirt into an A-line ( a style I think is flattering for most folks). Just thinking out loud: would it be helpful to staystitch the waistline to prevent stretching since it is all on the bias?
Hi Catherine, Really great job, especially the end product, I really loved how great is the lines on the side of the skirt is very matching. Please Catherine, I need your advice, I am just a very beginner, wat to sew a mohair plaid skirt , half circle one, is this kind of mohair wool will give me a good result of skirt or the wool will stretch, especially I am going to do it ankle length or 3 cm shorter than ankle length. Thanks . Regards❤
Beautiful! I wouldn't be able to hand sew (or machine sew) the hem straight without ironing it flat first. 😅 Is there a reason you didn't? Does it drape better that way?
It turned out so lovely. A classic, timeless pattern and design. I have no tartan but do have a lightweight, drapey woven wool in a red and black mid size hounds tooth pattern. Would this be similar in pattern matching? I would love to use it in a similar skirt. Thanks so much for sharing, an inspiration, as always. Have a wonderful week. "))
So cute! I love the hockey pucks used as pattern weights! I never thought of using them and believe me, there are a lot of hockey pucks in my house... lol I had a question about the hem. After you completed the hand sewing, you did iron it, didn't you?
Love it!! ❤ Quick question, could you have done a blind hem on your machine for a invisible look or would it not have been as nice? Ps. I'd love advice on how often and where you oil your Babylock Sofia.
Do I need to draft the Aline pattern or can I use any a line pattern? What is the finished circumference of the skirt hem? What fabric did you use for the skirt and the lining? So helpful but still so many questions.
@@shendrickson6608 you could absolutely use a pattern for an Aline skirt. I’m not sure what the circumference of the skirt hem is. It’s just whatever is added to the hem when the dart if pivoted out. The skirt is a medium weight wool blend, I think, or maybe it was all synthetic. The lining is Bemberg rayon.
Catherine is right, I remember hours standing on the fireplace mantel, 2 feet off the ground as Mom and Grandma use a ruler to measure my hems. Easter and Christmas dresses had to be perfect. I remember those days. Back in the 60s and 70s
I was wondering if anyone would notice that! I actually forgot to add it and didn’t notice until I was editing!! It still worked out fine, so I guess it’s all good!
That is a plaid fabric and not tartan. Here are some info from the internet - The key to understanding plaids is to know that it's an old Scottish word for blanket or wrap. This explains why the word plaid has three overlapping but different meanings: plaid sometimes describes the crisscross pattern of tartans or similar; and plaid can also mean the fabrics or cloth woven in those tartan-style patterns; and for Scots the plaid is mostly a type of traditional garment worn in various styles, such as the belted plaid, fly plaid, arisaid plaid, shepherd's plaid, and piper's plaid or drummer's plaid. The word plaid's use to describe a pattern also gets widely confused, again with three variations. But here too it's quite easy: Plaids are any crisscross patterns of two or more colours; Tartans are plaids with a name to identify a community; Checks are plaids with a regular pattern, usually of only two colours. Below we'll explain and illustrate these distinctions further. And we've created a separate article describing all the different kinds of plaid garment. So read on - soon you'll understand plaids better than 99% of most Scots!
Because when I made the original pencil skirt pattern I put the side seam right in the middle of my hop measurement so the difference between the front and back was slight.
No? my parents born in Scotland. Its plaid if not a family tartan. It just means crossed lines. A tartan has planned defintie cross lines. My surname is Anderson. Anderson is the only 7 color plaid. The Roy Canadian soemthing air force maybe adopted it as their own. There is no law you cant create a family plaid but the historical ones are documented and you cant just randomly take one or the crest to claim as your own. So basically the word plaid is interchangable to what you are seeing, crossed lines. Families call them tartans as that what they are to them. A tartan IS a plaid designated as a family fabric from long ago. You know why they were invented and then other clans colors added. Protection! When Scottish clans clashed or basically fought you had to tell them apart. Silly!
Somehow I thought the appearance would add to the hip width, but it doesn't. It's actually quite slimming. Thank you. It looks beautiful.
I once made an ankle length skirt like this in the 70’s.
It was a little fuller than yours and was a gorgeous dark heather coloured woollen fabric. I lined it too.
My mother mocked the life out of me till we had the autumn power cuts (coal miners’ strike) and I was the only one in the house who was warm 😊
I think we call that waistband petersham in the UK.
Looooooove your demonstrations. XxXx
In my experience in this community, you are second to none matching plaids. I remember the pants!
Just finished watching… it’s a beautiful, beautiful skirt. So chic and classic! ❤️
That is so lovely! There's nothing better than a well matched seem! Also nice to see an old school hem. I have quite a few of those packages myself as over the years I have inherited sewing supplies. So it's good to be reminded of what a nice finish they make!
Right!? I haven’t done a hem like that in years but it was just the right thing for this skirt.
Beautiful skirt! I love to sew, but it’s very relaxing to watch you sew as well - I don’t make any mistakes when you sew!👍🏼
Yeah
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A couple of questions
What is the lining fabric?
What is the finished bottom edge in inches? ( circumference)
Thank you for showing the "old school" way to hem with the seam tape. That's how I learned to hem way back! Cute skirt.
Beautiful just! The other day while doing a craft project with my daughter, I said "If it doesn't look good, don't sew it!" I had to explain, as we weren't even sewing 😂
Haha, that makes my day! I love it 🥰
This takes me back to my Mother’s full- length bias plaid skirt she wore for ages and ages during the winter holidays!! 🎉❤
The way the check matched along the side seam was so eye catching! It was a perfect pattern to come together on the diagonal and creat such a good visual effect.
I'm back. I forgot to say how great the waist is finished off. Such an easy application, and no bulk. I definitely will be doing this technique. Thank you again for all your tips.
I have been sewing since I was a child. I had never seen such a nice waistband finish. You are so talented. Love watching your tutorials.
Back in the day when I had clothes made the seamstresses used the chalk marker! Haven’t thought about it in years.
Love that you used hem tape too! I am a Babylock user and I have picked up some things about my machine from explanations you give.
Great tutorials and I know your students LOVE❤ having you as their instructor.
The hockey pucks! I bet you have maple syrup in your veins😂😂
Another beautiful project Catherine, you made matching plaids less daunting for me. I could see myself trying it. Thank you.
Cool, I always wanted to see how you were going to hem that skirt by yourself. 😊.
The lace seam tape brings back memories.
You are a wonderful teacher, thanks for share.
Looks great on you!
Love this. I didn't want to do an A-line because of the stiffness where it sticks out at the sides. BUT you said the cross grain cut makes it softer - and it does. Oh I need to make this. Thank you. ❤
It looks like what we wore to school back in the 1950's. I love it. Thank you. ❤❤❤
She's a beauty! My mom used to do all her hems like that and taught me how as well.l still do this now and then😊
Soo beautiful! Happy Thanksgiving 🇨🇦
Ahhhh, happy thanksgiving to you too!!
Love it! Great tutorial on matching plaids on the bias. Throwback to ‘50’s with socks and shoes! Awesome! Always a pleasure to watch !
I really enjoy your videos. The drape and flow of your skirt is so nice. As far as your red lace hem tape, love it. I really, really like an irreverent interior on a garment. Years ago I went to a breakfast for a politician and there was a young female politician from another state that spoke. She was making the rounds shaking everyone's hand in a very boring and conservative brown suit. When she came to our table I noticed her jacket lining was cheetah print. I thought "you go girl". What a way to give confidence to yourself. All because she or someone close could sew.
I had a wool plaid bias cut skirt that I loved, I totally forgot about it until I saw this video. Lovely skirt.
I am so happy to have found your channel last week. I have been sewing for more than 40 years and still learn some really helpful tips from you. I'm binge - watching now!! Your skirt is top notch! Beautiful!
That’s so great! I’m so happy to have you on board!
What a gorgeous skirt! And impeccable plaid matching, I love it.
I learned a lot watching this video today. The ease with which you sew and teach at the same time shows how well you have mastered your craft! Thank you. The skirt is truly lovely.
Well done. Looks fabulous.
You make it all look so EASY!! ❤ beautiful.
That was a wonderful tutorial. I love the finished product, so feminine and classy. I can't wait to make this. I love plaids, and of course yours matched. Thank you for the tip about letting the skirt hang for 24hrs., I didn't know that fact. Your a great teacher. Thank you so much.
Looks so elegant on you.
Thank you so much for walking us step by step how to cut fabric on bias. It is really helpful information and short to the point.
I think I can use your guidance to cut the camisole that I want to make for long time and I was a scared to make it.
This is such a great tutorial. You sew every detail so nicely. This skirt made me remember a nice skirt I sewed in the 1970's. I had forgotten about it. It might have been my first time matching plaids. I always love the challenge to match a plaid/tartan.
Gorgeous sewing. I vote for the red heels. ❤
You are such a great teacher! Thank you.
Had to stop at 6 minutes in to say ...that was easy. Im back binging your videos! Ive sewn over 50 years and still learning tricks. This is great to know because Im always melding patterns together or changing. Even though you say it may skim body more because cut on bias I still like it better than tons of gathers but I have in my youth cut an A line skirt pattern in a bigger size to add elastic waist. Just for ease and dont have to put in a zipper. Not sure Id like that now at 68 and baby tummy. But glad I know how to change a skirt to A line.
Love watching your creations Catherine, your tutorials are so relaxing to watch. The skirt is so beautiful & hangs like a dream. So talented ☺️
Thanks so much!
Total schön geworden! Und danke für die guten Tipps: Von der Spitze als Saumband hatte ich noch nie gehört.
Wow! That hemming process brought back memories! We didn’t have that gadget, so we would sit on the floor with a yardstick to mark hems with pins. I’ve hemmed many a skirt or slacks with hem lace.
Beautiful! Love it!
Oh, red heels for sure! I love that you show what to do with hem lace. It’s really a great option, especially for bias hems like circle skirts.
You made a beautiful skirt, and eplained the process so well. Just a suggesstion --- It could be helpful to stay-stitche the pattern pieces along the waistline, and perhaps the hem edge to prevent them from stretching as the skirt is sewn.
That skirt looks great!! Thanks for the tip on altering pattern from straight to a-line! So easy! As usual, your voice is so calming, relaxing. Really enjoyable to watch your chanel. Thank you!!
This skirt is beautiful! Watching your videos has inspired me to try garment sewing again. Love that you found a use for hockey pucks. Now I know what to do with the ones I have lying around the house😊
You are an amazing teacher! I have been sewing on and off for a long time, and I have never been able to tackle a plaid bias skirt yet. You explained perfectly what needs to be done, so I am going to go ahead and make me one. How much more yardage should I calculate as a multiple of the skirt length?
Hello your channel crossed my feed and I watched one video and I am hooked, so with that being said "new subbie" here enjoyed this video and took me down memory lane when I used to make all of my school uniforms with brown, gold and red plaid....💙 Thanks for the memories looking forward to seeing more of your creativity!!!
Thanks so much! I’m very happy to have you on board! 🤩
Beautiful skirt. A great tutorial. I might not have serged the side seam, because bias rarely frays. And I love a well matched plaid.
Good morning dear friend,, absolutely love it you talking so softly hearing it like any melody track,, intresting vision wow nice 👍👍👍
I finished the skirt, and your technique rocks Catherine, it turned out fantastic. Even if the cut is not true bias, since the plaids are not square, it looks beautiful!
Great! I will watch matching plaid! ASAP! Thanks for your response! For the study! Catherine
Keep up the great work!
Best Regards
Bonnie Ohio
Great to hear, Bonnie!!
This was one of your best videos. I learned so much! I especially appreciated the tip about hanging the garment for 1-2 days before hemming. I am planning to make a summer dress on the bias soon so this was perfect timing for me!
Love this. Love the old school hemming. Perfect.
Wish you were here to help me with a pattern though. Southern Indiana, USA
Really nice, love the way the waist and hem are done❤
Love this skirt, fabulous. You made it .ook so easy, thank you Katherine x x x
How much fabrick do i need to buy for a bias skirt? Is there a general rule? Great video!
Beautiful, some of my favorite summer skirts are a-line bias cut made from rayon challis. Very cool, comfortable and they feel so flirty!!! Thank you showing how to design and make such a classic versatile skirt.
you are an inspiration to me thank you
Wow love it so much, and I have plaid Fabric I love, making a skirt very soon it's Oct. 5. 🎉
Beautiful!!!
I absolutely love it. Thanks for the tutorial
Very interesting to see how you did the invisible zip, and how to line up the tartan lines to match. Was a relief to see that even with all your skills, the red lines by the zip did move slightly, as it will be reassuring when I get it even more off line :). Love the puffer hemmer! I think if I was going to have a belt regularly I'd put belt loops to hold it exactly?
Yes, I gave myself a B for the plaid matching over the zipper, lol.
Beautiful 🌻
Gorgeous skirt!!! Such an easy method for transforming a straight skirt into an A-line ( a style I think is flattering for most folks). Just thinking out loud: would it be helpful to staystitch the waistline to prevent stretching since it is all on the bias?
What kind of material used? What machine is that? So fast and quiet? Your lessons inspire me to sew again 😊
Hi Catherine,
Really great job, especially the end product, I really loved how great is the lines on the side of the skirt is very matching.
Please Catherine, I need your advice, I am just a very beginner, wat to sew a mohair plaid skirt , half circle one, is this kind of mohair wool will give me a good result of skirt or the wool will stretch, especially I am going to do it ankle length or 3 cm shorter than ankle length.
Thanks .
Regards❤
Than you that was very informative as always.
Beautiful
I love watching your videos. But I was totally confused in the first third of tbe video. The cutting on the bias. 🤔I'll try watching it a few times.❤
Beautiful! I wouldn't be able to hand sew (or machine sew) the hem straight without ironing it flat first. 😅 Is there a reason you didn't? Does it drape better that way?
Beautiful.
Great video. Thanks
It turned out so lovely. A classic, timeless pattern and design. I have no tartan but do have a lightweight, drapey woven wool in a red and black mid size hounds tooth pattern. Would this be similar in pattern matching? I would love to use it in a similar skirt. Thanks so much for sharing, an inspiration, as always. Have a wonderful week. "))
Oh, yes! Your fabric sounds perfect for this!
So cute! I love the hockey pucks used as pattern weights! I never thought of using them and believe me, there are a lot of hockey pucks in my house... lol
I had a question about the hem. After you completed the hand sewing, you did iron it, didn't you?
Haha, yes I believe you would have a lot of pucks! And yes, a final press to the hem for sure.
Love it!! ❤ Quick question, could you have done a blind hem on your machine for a invisible look or would it not have been as nice? Ps. I'd love advice on how often and where you oil your Babylock Sofia.
And I hope you're having a lovely Thanksgiving
I have never thought of using hockey pucks as pattern weights! Mind you, I don't have any sons so not much hockey playing at my house.
What kind of magnifying light is that over your machine? I need one badly as my eyes need help 🙏🥰
Do I need to draft the Aline pattern or can I use any a line pattern?
What is the finished circumference of the skirt hem?
What fabric did you use for the skirt and the lining?
So helpful but still so many questions.
@@shendrickson6608 you could absolutely use a pattern for an Aline skirt. I’m not sure what the circumference of the skirt hem is. It’s just whatever is added to the hem when the dart if pivoted out. The skirt is a medium weight wool blend, I think, or maybe it was all synthetic. The lining is Bemberg rayon.
So classic! So pretty!
How does one measure the hem without the puffer contraption?
Thanks! You can get a friend to sit on the floor with a ruler or yardstick and place pins in a line that is level to the floor.
Catherine is right, I remember hours standing on the fireplace mantel, 2 feet off the ground as Mom and Grandma use a ruler to measure my hems. Easter and Christmas dresses had to be perfect. I remember those days. Back in the 60s and 70s
Heres a little item you should enjoy..
How much fabric do I need to make this skirt?
Where can I order or how can I make my own Skirt Level?
Have you made a video of how to make a woven neckline bigger please :Catherine? I have scrolled through all your video titles and can't find one.
Hi Ann, you can use the method I use in this video, with or without the piping.
wow
Wooooot!
When did you add the seam allowance back in? I missed it when you mark your pins from the lining.
I was wondering if anyone would notice that! I actually forgot to add it and didn’t notice until I was editing!! It still worked out fine, so I guess it’s all good!
@@CatherineSews the magic of bias 😀
Looks better with the red heels.
How much of the fabric did you use? Thanks for the video
@@sharonkhor7433 I had a yard and 3/4 and used almost all of it!
Alright, thanks
I'd Canadian Flex and use curling stones for pattern weights, but the price of that would be my own injuries.
Make an a-line skirt from waist to bottom of hip and cut the remaining skirt from the bias.
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That is a plaid fabric and not tartan. Here are some info from the internet -
The key to understanding plaids is to know that it's an old Scottish word for blanket or wrap. This explains why the word plaid has three overlapping but different meanings:
plaid sometimes describes the crisscross pattern of tartans or similar; and
plaid can also mean the fabrics or cloth woven in those tartan-style patterns; and
for Scots the plaid is mostly a type of traditional garment worn in various styles, such as the belted plaid, fly plaid, arisaid plaid, shepherd's plaid, and piper's plaid or drummer's plaid.
The word plaid's use to describe a pattern also gets widely confused, again with three variations. But here too it's quite easy:
Plaids are any crisscross patterns of two or more colours;
Tartans are plaids with a name to identify a community;
Checks are plaids with a regular pattern, usually of only two colours.
Below we'll explain and illustrate these distinctions further. And we've created a separate article describing all the different kinds of plaid garment. So read on - soon you'll understand plaids better than 99% of most Scots!
Ok! That’s more or less what I thought before the other viewer corrected my use of plaid. I think I get it now!
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Why didn’t you need extra room in the back for your hinny (botty)?
Because when I made the original pencil skirt pattern I put the side seam right in the middle of my hop measurement so the difference between the front and back was slight.
No pocket?
NO pocket??
NO POCKET???
No? my parents born in Scotland. Its plaid if not a family tartan. It just means crossed lines. A tartan has planned defintie cross lines. My surname is Anderson. Anderson is the only 7 color plaid. The Roy Canadian soemthing air force maybe adopted it as their own. There is no law you cant create a family plaid but the historical ones are documented and you cant just randomly take one or the crest to claim as your own. So basically the word plaid is interchangable to what you are seeing, crossed lines. Families call them tartans as that what they are to them. A tartan IS a plaid designated as a family fabric from long ago. You know why they were invented and then other clans colors added. Protection! When Scottish clans clashed or basically fought you had to tell them apart. Silly!
Beautiful