While we put the finishing touches on an enchanting new pattern - the Lorien Lace-up Skirt - we'd love to share some images and stories from our Sew + Show Team. You may be able to spot a fun little accessory pattern to go along with the skirt too!
From everyday elegance to living out storybook fantasies, we're so excited for all of the possibilities the Lorien Skirt offers. Be sure to watch for the pattern release in the next few days!
"I absolutely love the Lorien Lace-up Skirt pattern and the Skirt Hikes. They let me live my best heroic fantasy fan life every day—whether I'm going for a hobbitcore or piratecore look. It's truly the perfect pattern: a piece that allows me to be myself on the days I feel like embracing fantasy."
~ Ninah de Almeida Gerude
"I had no idea where this skirt would be taking me but as I sewed my garden irises also unfurled and I couldn’t help but marvel at what a colour match they were to my fabric.
These irises have had a journey around the UK- they started life in my sister’s garden in North Wales, a piece then bloomed outside my mother’s Somerset kitchen window. A piece from that I brought to Salisbury and a piece of mine is now bringing joy in my daughter’s London garden.
It led me to deciding that my Lorien would be a traveller skirt, a garment to wear when seeking new delights. I like to think I will be a modern day Marianne North when I wear it. I will be a modern day collector of experiences albeit armed with a camera phone and not oils and easel!"
~ Carol Kite
"I fell in love with the pattern as soon as I started sewing the waist tabs; there are so many gorgeous details in the pattern that you don't truly appreciate until you make it. I was so excited seeing the skirt coming together that I couldn't wait to carry on and I rushed through my Sunday planned life admin to get back to my sewing machine and attach the skirt. It's the first time in a while I've felt so excited about a sewing project and I couldn't be happier with the finished skirt."
~ Bethan Thomas
"I love how Twig + Tale patterns encourage you to repurpose materials when making their patterns. Since this is a full skirt and I knew it would use a fair bit of fabric, I popped over to the thrift store to see if I might find something that would be suitable. I found an awesome bit of fabric in the bedsheets section - much thicker and higher quality than most sheets I see, with a nice amount of body for a skirt like this. It was stamped with Wabasso Cotton Co. A bit of digging shows that the Wabasso Cotton Co was established in Trois-Rivières, Quebec in 1907 and changed its name to Wabasso Limited in 1967, making this fabric 58+ years old. It’s still in great shape. I was thrilled to honour it with the Lorien Skirt."
~ Jesara Sinclair
Adaptable clothing that doesn’t scream adaptable has been more and more on my radar recently and this skirt does not disappoint. I chose natural fibres and love how it fits in with my aesthetics and needs.
~Zoe Craggs
