Oh hello, fellow needle-wielders!
Recently I decided I wanted, nay needed, a new colourful Jade mini-skirt; since my purple one was tragically taken too soon… *a minute’s silence, please*
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Well, ta da!
I’d gone back to Knitwit in search of the same purple knit… why the same colour? perhaps because I’m a boring unoriginal creature of habit? but unfortunately they had sold out of the purple. So I chose this chilli-red instead. Rather nice, hmmm?
Every time I try to take any pictures in the full-on blasting sun, I regret it… however this does show off the lovely vibrant fiery-ness of this intense red rather well
For the lining, I cutup an old black Tshirt, one of Sam’s toss-outs, it’s quite a nice, sturdy, not-very stretchy and robust 100% cotton black knit, so should work really well as a lining. . I’d given some thought into the lining this time, since the tragedy of too-much stretchiness of the purple one… that was a 100% polyester whereas my other stretch mini skirt, my self-lined charcoal one is a cotton jersey, quite stiffish with only a one-way stretch and that is holding up very nicely. The black Tshirt fabric I used for this is very like that…
obligatory lining picture is pretty boring, sorry
With this version, I fitted and reinforced the waistband with stretch interfacing so it is quite firm and minimally flexible…
… AND put in an exposed black/brass jeans zip into this skirt.. I’m hoping these two factors will help keep that waistband firm and strong, so it suffers minimal stretching out and extend the life of the skirt… Just for looksie’s alone, I just love the brassy glint of the zip, I think it looks really cool.
Going from my past jade skirt AND my past red skirt experiences, I KNOW I’m going to wear this a metric tonne. Can’t wait to mix and match this one to bits!
Details:
Skirt; Paprika patterns Jade skirt, red silk/linen knit from KnitWit
Top; the twist top from Pattern Magic, in ivory ponte also from KnitWit, details here
Tights; my own design, black polyester stretch from Spotlight, details here and my tutorial on how to make your own custom tights pattern here
Boots; made by me and my own design, all details here
location; the bush in south western Western Australia
This is such a perfect mini-skirt! The color is really beautiful and vibrant, love it!
It is a wonderful design.Here’s hoping for a longer life on this one. jo x
Such a great colour in you, a perfect version 2.0!
Great skirt! I love the brass zipper.
Fabulous! I feel the need for your exact outfit for once fall hits here in Canada. I love rich autumnal reds with cream and black.
Great skirt in a fabulous colour
Always such an inspiration you are Caroline 🙂 Love your new skirt! I loved your old one too but you’ve given us some dandy tips to remember – if lining in knit go for robust, less stretch and put in a zip to protect the integrity of a knit waist band if you want it to last! Noted 🙂 Congratulations on a new skirt I have little doubt you’ll get “metric tonnes” of wear out of!
Such a cute little skirt. You will get a lot of wear out of it for sure.
What a fantastic color for a skirt!! I love it!
i love being a fellow needle-weilder! Both the knitting, machine, and hand sewing varieties. This skirt looks so great on you that I am seriously considering ordering the pattern and having a go at it! Lovely color!
I’m glad that you were able to replace it so quickly! Hopefully this one will have a longer shelf life. And the color suits the pattern company’s name so perfectly.
I really like the pleat detail on this skirt. The red is a perfect colour for winter.
Such a lovely fabric! I’m glad the purple was sold out, I mean, it was beautiful!But this color really does pop, I love it! As always, when I see one of your jade skirts I am very tempted to finally buy that pattern!