Seamwork Pauline skirt

[chebe]

Seamwork's Pauline is a midi-length straight skirt with a split to the front on a princess seam along the knee. I said 'MOAR', and mirrored the split on the other side to get two splits. I straightened the top of the front-side panels a smidge, and took 16cm off the length, to just about knee-length. With the Margo sizing still in my mind I made this one on a base pattern of size 16, with a size 20 at the waist. The back is plain, with double waist darts on each side. This was only a first version so I didn't bother adding pockets or anything.

I made it up in this plain cotton twill, in black, (100% cotton), 240 g/m2. 9" invisible zips apparently don't exist any more, so I used an 11"/ 28cm invisible zip, in black, in the side seam, and closed with a hook and eye, also in black. (This pattern actually calls for the use of a hook and eye, this is a sensible pattern.) I once again skipped the interfacing.

This little skirt might not look like much, but it is a fantastic fit. The slight narrowing under the hips is very flattering. And as a basic black skirt will go with anything in my wardrobe. This is up there for the best thing I've ever made. I do want to look into ways to stop damage to the tops of splits / vents like this though, as that's the weakest part of this kind of skirt.

Seamwork's Pauline straight skirt, slightly modded, finished, front view
Photo by chebe

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

You could try an old fashioned bartack, or an arrowhead tack (https://www.seamwork.com/articles/strong-and-pretty-pockets)

[chebe]

I have machine bartacked them for sure, but it gets to a point where the fabric starts tearing instead of the stitching, and I'm not sure that's an improvement. Interesting link, going to have to try them all, thanks!