Emmeline Skirt
When I saw the name of this pattern I just had to make it – Emmeline Pankhurst is one of my all time favourite heroines! The skirt is very evocative of that era (although I suspect it would have been at least ankle length at that time!) and the sewn down pleats give a lovely nipped in look around the waist but plenty of body and volume in the skirt. I used just 2m of fabric to cut out my size 14 and measured that I could have got away with just 1.8m if my fabric had been non-directional. Although I did make the big bow waist-tie I don’t often wear it as I like to cover the waistband with a top or cardigan and it just added bulkyness. The pleats are the most time-consuming part of the sew as there’s so many of them but other than that it’s a really quick make and would look lovely in all sorts of cottons, linens etc for the summer. I’d love to make one in a broderie anglaise.
B: 39” W: 32” H:42” Height 5ft3”
(I was lucky enough to get a photo of this make at a recent photo shoot I was at – my photos (and I) don’t usually look this good!)