Yesterday, I almost made my second skirt, using my new-and-improved higher-waisted pattern based on my measurements (first skirt here). I say almost because I cut my pieces, sewed my darts, sewed up one side seam (with a French seam!) and made a button flap for the other, finished the other side seam nice and fancy, and then…
realized I had sewn it all backwards.
This won’t make sense unless you understand that the closure on this garment was meant to be on the left side of my body, and the button flap needed to be connected to the back of the skirt so the buttons would be on the front. Make sense?
Well, if I finish it as it is, the buttons will be on the right backside of the skirt.
Of course, the moral of this story is to know your backside from your front. ;)
So…
Any suggestions??? Help me salvage this!
January 20th, 2010 at 3:00 pm
I dont know if it’s because im very lazy….but i’d say, if the skirt fits very well, nobody will notice that your buttons arent at the conventionnal spot. Pretend you planned it like that to be all original? maybe embroider something on the front pannel just beside the buttons to complete?
good luck! i totally know the position you are in right now. slap on the forehead, much?
January 20th, 2010 at 3:11 pm
That’s brilliant, Paule! Embroidery would make it look purposeful. :) Thank you!!!
January 20th, 2010 at 3:13 pm
I like Paule’s idea. It’s brilliant. Now I don’t have to come up with something to advise. : ) I can, however, sympathize. French seams seams are NOT something you want to have to rip out!
January 20th, 2010 at 3:43 pm
I’ve enjoyed reading about your pattern-making adventures…thanks for sharing the process. I’m planning on making some new straight skirts myself soon and will take your lessons in to account!
I’m not exactly sure how your skirt is constructed but when I make a straight skirt, the front and back are often the same other than the placement/size of the darts. I wonder if you could pick out the darts and switch them so that the front becomes the back and vice versa? Otherwise, I agree with the others that most people probably won’t even notice!
January 21st, 2010 at 9:37 am
Maybe there’s a way to make fabric tabs, or a flap, that extends from the back of the skirt to the front so the buttons could then be in the correct place?
January 23rd, 2010 at 1:05 pm
The buttons should look fine no matter what, but closing buttons on the back of a skirt isn’t fun. I’d use those flat hooks sold for pants instead of buttons for ease of closure.