Probably the most unconventional technique used to make a Jade skirt is folding the front piece. To make this origami a little easier to grasp we made a video that shows you how to fold the front piece. This is Step 1 in the instructions.
If you have any further questions let us know in the comments.
Let’s talk about the size of our fabric stash today! I know – being honest about the amount of fabric and patterns you have might induce a certain amount of embarrassment and guilt. I seem to have an alter ego that takes over when looking at fabric. This other version of me has all the time in the world, the wildest ideas and never loses her mojo. Unfortunately this alter ego is not much connected with reality. I buy that fabric or pattern and then find that I have no time at all. Thus my stash accumulates and with it my guilt about purchases.
The Jade comes in two versions, mini and midi. I like the mini a lot, but it’s a bit on the short side because I’m 5’10”, and the pattern is drafted for a height of 5’7″. When I make the mini, I like to add a half inch to an inch (1-2,5 cm). Due to the way the front pattern piece is folded, lengthening or shortening this pattern piece is not as straightforward as just shifting slashing and spreading along the middle, or even at the bottom. So in this post I’ll show you how to adjust the length of the Jade front piece.
Last week we talked about how having a large fabric and/or pattern stash can make us feel guilty and embarrassed. Moreover, if you lose track of what you have, your large stash is not creating opportunities but inhibiting your creativity. I listed steps for you to follow if you want to do something about this: eliminate temptation, catalogue your stash and catalogue your patterns. Check out the comment section too, there’s some great examples of how others catalogue their stash and patterns. If you have already started: yay you! If you haven’t and you’re waiting for the happy ending: that’s what we’ll talk about today. Now that you have easy acces to all of your fabrics and patterns, let’s make some sewing plans!
The Jade Skirt has a few steps in the construction that are not exactly difficult, but that could do with the help of some visual explanation. The skirt-sandwich that you make in order to get perfectly enclosed seam allowances is one of them. In the video below I’ll show you how to sew the front to the back of the Jade Skirt. This is Step 3 in the instructions.
If you want some more tightness at the waist of the Jade Skirt you could add elastic in the waistband. This could be especially useful if you have traced the pattern with the waist size bigger than the hip size (hopefully making it easy for yourself by using this method), or when you’re using a jersey fabric. Inserting elastic is not hard to do, and in this tutorial I’ll show you how it’s done.
Our Coral Sweater and Dress pattern is a peculiar one: it has no darts whatsoever as they have been drafted into the horizontal seam between pattern pieces 1A and 1B/1D. But it might happen you need a full bust adjustment, so in this post we’ll explain how to do that. Before you start, please read…
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Hi there,
your Jade patterns is awesome ! can’t to sew it ;)
I can’t find the video for the folding… Do you have a working link please ?
Thanks :)
Hi Anne, thank you for reporting this problem! We’ve fixed it now, it should be visible. Have fun sewing your Jade!
Fantastic ! I’m finishing mine :)
Yay! Can’t wait to see it ^^
Came across your site now. I submitted the form . Hope I get selected for some pattern. Love your unique design for the Jade. sticking on with the newsletter.
Hallo, wollte mir den Rockschnitt bestellen, aber es klappt nicht.
LG Barbara
Hi Barbara, I’ve emailed you!
Hi, this pattern is fantastic. Wish l could get more video from you. I will definitely use this pattern to make a jade skirt. Love it love it.
Finally trying out this awesome pattern. Just folded it- did ok- I had to let down the bottom fold a little so it equaled the front in length. Next big challenge is the sewing of the folds!?
Dear Lisa,
the skirt looks amazing.I would love the have the pattern. Would you be so kind and mail it to me.
Thanks a lot,
Galyna
Hi Galyna, you can buy the pattern in my shop.