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delia creates

girls, sewing, tutorial, women · August 27, 2013

Sequin Pencil Skirt

For today’s Go To Sew Mystery Box challenge project, I tackled the sequins!

And made a skirt…

Of course it’s a pencil skirt…my favorite type of skirt ever. πŸ™‚

And look at this fabric!…oooh preeety. The little girl in me squealed with happiness when I saw this in the mystery box.

The sequin fabric is actually knit which simplified things for this skirt quite nicely.

I just used my knit pencil skirt tutorial, found HERE, and used the 2 inch wide elastic (also in the mystery box) for the waistband. I used the first waistband method listed in the tutorial which has you tuck the elastic under for a seamless look.

I was hesitant to put the sequins through my serger. It is pretty rough to cut and sew. So, I stuck with a zig zag stitch and sewed Β s l o w , which worked well.

The fabric shed like nobody’s business, but it seemed to mostly stay intact despite all the shedding. Β A few bigger chunks of sequins came off during the sewing part which I easily hand sewed back on with invisible thread.

Because I already knew my measurements for the knit skirt and there was no hemming (not needed or desired even), this project took me 15 minutes tops!

Gotta love that.

I suppose I could have added a lining to it, because it is a bit see through up close, but I simply wore a black slip underneath and called it good.

After all, as much fun as it is, I probably won’t wear it more than a few times.

But it IS really fun to wear. πŸ™‚

I wore it to my brother’s wedding banquet in Hong Kong in fact.

It fit right in with all those shiny buildings. πŸ™‚

It was hard to find a top to go with this skirt, but I finally found a chiffon blouse at a small shop in Hong Kong that worked (almost) perfect. It is a blouse with a lot of body at the bottom, so when tucked in, it bulges at the waist a bit. Unfortunately the sequin fabric emphasized that. I promise you I sucked it in almost the whole night. πŸ™‚ ha…

I also shed little bits of sequins wherever I went. Not near as much as when I was sewing it, but I left a couple of little tokens to remember me by wherever I sat. πŸ™‚

Andrea, the mastermind behind Go To SewΒ and this mystery box challenge, sourced this fabric from the LA Fabric District, but I found similar stuff here on Ebay. (I am not sure how long that link will be good since it’s Ebay)

I have plans to wear this skirt to at least one more event. I might dress it down with a t-shirt and sneakers. Can you guess which conference I plan to wear it to?

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  1. Inese says

    August 27, 2013 at 2:21 PM

    Fabulous! And so beautiful!

    Reply
  2. EmSewCrazy says

    August 27, 2013 at 2:59 PM

    Sequins! They make everything look better!

    Reply
  3. Mie Brindle says

    August 27, 2013 at 4:46 PM

    Oh Delia. You are so beautiful and so is the skirt. Great styling and of course amazing photography!

    Reply
  4. {jen} iCandyhandmade says

    August 27, 2013 at 5:25 PM

    Fabulous!!! It would be perfect for a Christmas or New Years party….

    Reply
  5. Melissa says

    August 27, 2013 at 5:59 PM

    Conference? Are you coming to Alt? Because I already had plans to beg this skirt off you for Alt if you weren't going.

    Reply
  6. Lizzy says

    August 27, 2013 at 6:03 PM

    So simple to make BUT the fabric makes ALL the difference! I tought sewing with that kind of fabric was very very difficult! thanks for posting this

    Reply
  7. Heather Feather says

    August 27, 2013 at 7:01 PM

    Its so fun! I love it and love that it was so fast!
    (I made a sequin shirt awhile ago and also leave sequins wherever I go.)

    Reply
  8. Delia says

    August 27, 2013 at 7:22 PM

    Thank you Mie and Inese!

    Jen – totally!

    Melissa – Yep! πŸ˜‰

    Lizzy – it makes a crunchy sound and you have to go slow, but other than that it's not too tricky at all. I just sewed right through the sequins.

    Heather – thanks!

    Reply
  9. Bobbie S says

    August 27, 2013 at 8:56 PM

    Super cute! I pinned it! Thanks for the inspiration!

    Reply
  10. Charity says

    August 27, 2013 at 8:57 PM

    What a fun skirt! And it looks great on you. =)

    Reply
  11. kristin says

    August 27, 2013 at 11:01 PM

    Woah hot mama! You are rocking this skirt. I think you need to invent occasions to wear it more! πŸ™‚

    Reply
  12. Jaia says

    August 28, 2013 at 12:25 AM

    Your skirt is fabulous!

    Reply
  13. OnceUpona Sew says

    August 28, 2013 at 5:10 AM

    It's amazing!

    Reply
  14. singtothebirds says

    August 28, 2013 at 7:22 AM

    Love it!
    I made a dress, partly of the exact same fabric, a few years ago, and after a wearing it a few times, the fabric stretched LOTS so it's a bit too big for me now, alas.

    And yeah, I know about leaving sequins or parts of them literally everywhere…

    Reply
  15. Jessica at Me Sew Crazy says

    August 28, 2013 at 12:49 PM

    Seriously – how AMAZING are you?!!! We're not worthy! Lol – you rock girl, I love this.

    Reply
  16. dana says

    August 28, 2013 at 6:34 PM

    hey hot lady! Too cool! Seriously, this is amazing. I love it

    Reply
  17. thingsforboys says

    August 28, 2013 at 11:50 PM

    Hot hot hot!!! I'm a sucker for sequins…sparkles make everything better, right?!

    Reply
  18. Kallie Ybarra says

    September 1, 2013 at 3:21 AM

    I so want this skirt! Love it!

    Reply
  19. Stef says

    September 4, 2013 at 6:43 PM

    You are so flippin' cute!!!! love it!

    Reply
  20. Sevilla vs Benfica Live Streaming says

    May 13, 2014 at 6:17 PM

    Howdy! This is my 1st comment here so I just wanted to give a quick shout out and
    tell you I genuinely enjoy reading through your articles.
    Can you recommend any other blogs/websites/forums that deal with the same topics?
    Thank you!

    Reply

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