New Skirt Review: New Look 6228!

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Who’s got a new skirt and a deep forehead crease? This girl.

So here’s my review for this knit skirt.  It’s New Look 0914 or 6228, depending on when they printed it:

Overall, the skirt is fine, but the notions required made it hard to gather the supplies.

A bit of trivia here: this is my *first* pattern.  The very first I ever bought!  Right when I first got stitching, that wall of patterns beckoned me.  And I looked around for something do-able.  Also I thought McCalls patterns really did cost 18 bucks.  It was a simpler time.

Anywho, the notions.  It asks for stretch piping (which took a lot of sleuthing to get my mind around) and 1.25 inch elastic.  My corner notions store stops at 1 inch.

So I didn’t sew this forever.  Remember, it was my first pattern, so I assumed all the notions were gospel.  Like maybe the piping was needed for structure.  Or  1″ elastic would not hold the skirt up.  Seriously, I was skerrrrred.

I ended up not using the stretch piping and sewing View A.

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Firsts:

• This was my first finished knit skirt.
• ‘Twas my first time hemming a knit garment.  (That’s right, I’ve been leaving the ends to the wind!)
• This was my first time being fussy about lining everything up.
  

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Pros:

• The directions are fine.  Nothing insane.
• The fit was pretty close.  The elastic guide was a bit off, but that’s hard for the pattern manufacturer to control.
  

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Con:

• The notions were a bit hard to come by.  (I’ll make my own piping when the sewing stork brings me a foot to do so.  I just really don’t wanna.)

So since this was the first pattern that ever came home with me, I researched it endlessly.  And found out about sewing bloggers.  Thanks in particular to Mrs. Toad.  Her write-up is here.  She helped convince me to not go a size up.

Here’s the 360:

Do you recognize the print?  Yup, that’s the same stuff I used to make this top.

So, here’s the whole family:

See how I never hemmed that top. Yup, we’re still not talking to each other.

That’s pretty much it for the review.  I think I’ll adjust the size a bit if/when I sew it again.  Did you noticed the rudder in the 360 view?  #bigbuttproblems Maybe it’s time to put a zipper on my Simplicity “Amazing Fit” skirt.  Will that help my bottom fit??

You’ve been a great audience!

Kisses and stitches,

Ruthie