The Lace Skirt: 30 Minute Skirt Pattern

Oh what a tangled mess I made today. I should have known better before starting to sew a lace seam using No. 9 Stretch Stitch Juki F600. All the stitches, plus the lace fabric got caught underneath the sewing machine plate. To make matters worse I had paper in the mix too (thought it might sew better with paper underneath the lace). Perhaps I should have started off using a straight stitch, then changed to No.9 stitch! That's a bit of wisdom I need to remember....

I didn't remember my wise words for long because I started sewing again using stitch No.9. This time going much slower and hoping all would go well...Lucky for me it did. Because I was sewing French Seams it made it much easier for me to fix the other seam after it was free from the plate.
                                                           

What a mess....

This skirt pattern I am using can be found over at make it perfect, it's called 'The 30 minute skirt', size S-XL, and it's a Free download. Thank you to the wonderful person who made this pattern...

The fabric I've used for the lining is a pink stretch knit, it's a medium weight knit. The top layer is a fine, very light weight, stretchy, puckered Paris pink lace fabric. It has been in my stash for ages, I was actually going to sew it for myself but never did...The sewing pattern is just two pieces so it's very easy to make. I'd like to make more, perhaps using a winter weight knit.

I manged to get a quick fitting and photo of the skirt. As you can see it's still not finished, it has no elastic band fitted...But I made the most of my opportunity to get a photo.

Bottom left pic: I have covered the elastic band and made
the band the same fabric as the skirt....

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