Hoop skirt prototype

I have never used either an overlocker or stretchy fabrics before but I thought I would give it a go. I have seen in shops some pretty simple little skirts made of, for example, this velveteen stretch stuff, and I suspected I would be able to zip one up without a pattern, using just a few rough measurements. Sure enough, this is the result. Too easy! Leggies have not been so easy tho… and the overlocker doesn’t have a differential feed adjustment, so I haven’t been able to try out precisely the kind of stuff I was interested in making.

As if it wasn’t bad enough that my table is now strewn with sewing things (a nice change from being covered with stacks of textbooks and journal papers), I have just acquired the makings for hoops. Im going to use these instructions as my guide, but that’s probably an evening project now, cos my last unplanned holiday is Friday. Im still officially on holidays next week, but I have a 3-day class on using and interpreting ground penetrating radar, so the days are going to be pretty full.