One Week One Pattern 2017

This week I took part in One Week One Pattern for the third time. If you are not familiar with this event it was started by Tilly of Tilly and the Buttons, who launched it in 2012, it was then run by Handmade Jane in 2014 and Hannah from Cinderellis Sews last year and this year it has been run by Sewisfaction.

As you may already know from my previous posts this week I chose to wear the By Hand London Charlotte skirt. I have made four versions of the Charlotte skirt and posted about the construction of the different variations here, here, here and here. I guess you are supposed to wear your chosen pattern for the full week but I decided to focus on Monday to Friday because of the more formal choice of pattern. This is not the type of thing I would wear on the weekend to do house chores, errands and general chilling out in.

The photos below show how I styled my skirts with several Uniqlo merino wool turtle neck jumpers, gap t-shirt, Marimekko scarf, Tatty Devine Teeth necklace and on Friday one of my favourite festive jumpers (because December!).

Plaid BHL Charlotte Skirt

As mentioned in yesterday's post I am taking part in One Week One Pattern or affectionately known as OWOP. My pattern of choice is the By Hand London Charlotte skirt.

I made it from some black and white plaid twill that has been in my stash for years which I made into this Simplicity 9620 Shift Dress. There is still some left to make another item of clothing too! The fabric frays a lot so I had to be super speedy with the French Seams during construction. I hand-stitched the waistband and hem which was a therapeutic hours sewing.

I added a back split taking inspiration from this Simplicity 2154 Pencil Skirt I made in 2013. The addition of the back split makes this skirt so much more comfortable and easy to walk in. You definitely have to wiggle around with a very restricted gait if you don't add a split / pleat of some description to this pattern.

Here are the internal shots for your viewing pleasure.

Almost perfect plaid matching around the zip

Perfect plaid matching on the internal waistband - where nobody can see it!

Back split and hand-stitched hem

Perfect side seam matching with a French Seam

Neat zip and back seam with Hong Kong seam using black satin bias binding

Tomorrow I'll be wearing my tropical print BHL Charlotte skirt. Hopefully it won't look too out of place on a wintery London day.

OWOP 2016

I have enjoyed taking part in the One Week One Pattern for the third time and this year it has been hosted by the lovely Hannah from I am Cindrellis blog.

If you have not heard about this challenge it gives sewists the opportunity to explore the same pattern many different ways / or give you the chance to wear some of your tried and tested (TNT) patterns for the duration of a week.

I pretty much knew I would be using my many beloved Grainline Scout tees as I have now got about eight in fairly decent rotation in my wardrobe.

Here are some photos of my Grainline Scout tee's out in the wild and then by outfit!

Day One

Day Two

Day Three

Day Four

Day Five

Day Six

Day Seven

Conclusions. I still love the Grainline Scout tee and I can see more versions in the future! The comfiest version is the knit followed by the viscose / silk ones.

Did you take part in OWOP? What were your findings?