The Colette Diaries – Ginger {Week 1}

This post is part of my Colette Diaries series. Feel free to check out my original Colette Diaries post for schedule and previous posts!

 

The day has finally arrived! I am beginning work on the Ginger skirt by Colette patterns. I’m sewing these patterns in order from easiest to most difficult. I almost can’t believe that this is the easiest one; I mean, look how cute it is!!

In case you’re following along at home, feel free to check out the Ginger pattern for yourself at this sweet discount (discount code is now expired).

 

The nice thing about this skirt is that you have several different options. Option 1 has that pointed waistband, Option 2 has that curved band (I have seen a lot of Ginger skirts out there in blogland done up with the curved band), and Option 3 has the straight waistband and can also be done up with stripes, for a chevron skirt.

I decided to be conservative and go with Option 3. I do really love that curved band, but I was a little nervous about how it would look on my body. I am looking forward to making another version when I find a nice striped fabric, for the chevron skirt.

 

The pattern instructions suggest using medium-weight fabrics such as poplin, twill, silk dupioni, wool challis, gabardine, suiting, or crepe. I decided to try using a decor-weight fabric from Anna Maria Horner, Pressed Flowers in teal. I wanted to use something from my stash, and I had 1 yard of this 60″ wide fabric, which was enough to make this skirt in my size. The huge graphic print of this one should make for an eye-popping skirt (hopefully).

 

I used this tutorial from the Colette blog to cut my fabric. Although my fabric is not striped, I didn’t want the large prints to get cut off at that front seam on the skirt. I tried to account for the seam allowance when I cut the fabric for the back of the skirt, since the zipper is going back there.

That’s all for this week, be sure to check back in the next 5 weeks as I complete the Ginger skirt!