Seamwork Margo

[chebe]

Seamwork's Margo is a pencil skirt with side-splits, but in a knit fabric. Apparently I sat so long on this pattern that it has been archived. But I quite like this quick little skirt. The waistband is self-fabric, no elastic. There's no fasteners. The below-knee side-splits add a little extra interest (and sewing technique to practice), the seams are finished with a serger/overlocker, and the hems are twin-needled, in absence of a coverstitch machine.

I made mine in a purpley-auberginey-berry colour (think the lighter of the purples on a Quality Street tin). The thread isn't an exact match, but pretty close, I used Gütermann thread colour 718. In a lighter-medium weight jersey. (I can't find the receipt so I don't know what the fibre content is, but it's stretchy.)

Trying the finished skirt on I noticed two things; the hem is longer than I expected, and the hips bulged out a bit too much. I trimmed the excess off the hips (making it more of a straight skirt), and found out from another pattern that these are drafted for someone 6" taller than I am. I won't shorten this one (I'd have to re-do the side-splits), but I will definitely shorten the pattern for the next version.

Finished Margo skirt
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Margo skirt, side-slit detail
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