Hand-Sewn Skirt

I’ve got to get back into the swing of things!  I’ve been creating and photographing, just not blogging about any of it. 

Here’s a skirt I’ve been hand-sewing for a while & it’s almost complete:

It’s a shortened version of the skirt in the Alabama Stitch Book. (My girls insisted that they wouldn’t wear anything past their knees, but you can be sure they won’t leave the house without a nice thick pair of tights on underneath this.)  The hand-stitching wasn’t hard to do, didn’t even take that long, so I’m encouraged to try this again.  The only thing left to do is stitch down the side seams and add an elastic waistband.  I’d like to make one of the tops from the book for myself, may try that next.

I never thought I’d enjoy hand-stitching that much, but it was relaxing.  I think it helped that I had a new sharp needle and a comfortable leather thimble that just about covers my finger (the Clover Natural Fit Leather Thimble).  The glue-on kind, or even the rubber ones for a fingertip didn’t work well for me. 

Have you ever done a sewing project entirely by hand?  I’ve found it so rewarding, and am pretty confident now that I can do this again.

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