Perhaps some of you have had a look into their fabric box or went to the fabric store in order to find the perfect chiffon to make one of our skirts. Or maybe you have a box full of fabric scraps, then you may want to try a patchwork skirt?

The tutorial for our basic pattern as well as all variations you’ll find as PDF to download or below to read.

1. Download pattern, cut out the desired size (36-40 on the pattern) and put pattern on fabric. Specify desired length (see separate instructions for all five skirts for our lengths).
2. Cut out front and back part. For seam allowance, leave 4 cm at the hem, 2 cm on the sides and 1 cm on all other edges. Draw in location of the pleats, fold them and pin them down.
3. Sew side seams of the skirt panels, leave open the pocket opening. Sew in pockets.
4. Stitch back center from the zipper mark to the hem. Sew in zipper.
   Of course you can also sew in the zipper into the side seam, then you can cut the back pattern in the fold. In this case sew in zipper in the left side seam, leaving out one of the side pockets. Inexperienced crafters may leave the side pockets away after all.
5. The waistband is cut in this way: waist, 2 cm seam allowance, adding convenience 2 cm, 3 cm underlap (eg 70 +2 +2 +3 = 77cm)
   The width of the waistband depends on your own taste and current fashion. Standard size is 3.5 cm.
6. You cut the waistband 9 cm wide, iron in collar 9 to cm wide. Press fusible interfacing at the wrong side of the fabric and tack it to the wrong side of the upper edge of your skirt. You now notice whether you have to change around the pleats. If everything fits together neatly, tack the pleats (so they won‘t slide around when sewing the waistband). Do not forget: the underlay needs to remain overlapping, we‘ll sew on the button on this overlapping piece later on.
7. Sew waistband wrong side on wrong side on the top part of your skirt, iron it along the seam, fold seam allowance inside and sew on.
8. Put in button holes and sew on button.
9. Fold and iron hem, sew on by hand (so the seam is invisible).

Tutorials for all variations you can find in the PDF.
We are so excited to see what you come up with! We have therefore founded a Pinterest Board where we will save your creations. We’ll share your creations on FB, Pinterest and our blog!
Many greetings from Evi & Thea

There were some wonderful ideas in the designer’s collections for spring 2012. Thus sisterMAG sat down and picked a few details you should definitely have and make. First of all we want to have a little bit of summer feeling – quite hard to achieve when the weather is cold and rain is dropping onto our foreheads.

The right thing to have: a beautiful summerly tuque as seen in our sisterMAG issue on page 237. But not just any tuque, but one with tulle details: a handmade unique with a hint of 50s glamour when women never left the house without hat and gloves. The tuque is inspired by Jil Sander or better the soon-to-be-ex-designer from Jil Sander: Raf Simons. His collection for spring 2012 you should definitely have a look at.
To cut a long story short: we went and bought some jersey and started sewing!

For your info: If you click on the little heart + number (❤1), a photo will open which illustrates the step you are just reading.

Cutting

• 48 cm wide x 40 cm long wool jersey (or any other elastic fabric)
• 40 cm wide x 80 cm long tulle (we found some beautiful colours in the German Dawanda shop of Material Girl

Nähen:

1. Sew together wool jersey, so a tube forms. However only sew 23 cm from one end, then turn over the tube and sew the remaining 17 cm from the other end. ❤1
2. At the top border, measure 12 cm and mark these points with a needle. ❤2
   
3. Put these marks over each other. Four corners will form. Now measure 7 cm from the top of each of these corners and mark them as well. ❤3
   
4. Sew all four corners with a quarter circle seam between these marks. ❤4(1) | ❤4(2) | ❤4(3)
   
5. Turn around the tuque and fold the bottom part. In this fold you’ll slide the tulle, drape it to look pleasant around your face, pin the tulle down and sew onto the jersey.
6. When wearing the tuque it looks best if you leave a bit of hair at the back of your head peaking out of the tuque. Also slide the tuque a little out of your face. Perfect!

Have fun sewing and wearing this modern tuque. We promise admiring glances!