Any recommendations for a "skort" pattern?

that's an unusual skort version - here skorts are basically a pair of shorts with a flap on the front. the flap is attached to one side seam and the it's held in place on the other side with a buckle or Velcro - so one sees a skirt from the front and a pair of shorts from behind.

could the shorts be attached at the waist on the one you show?

Could you make bias cut shorts and then add the skirt on to them?

My guess is that the shorts part and the skirt part join on to the yoke at the same seam...

Cappy

> NAYY. She really want the bias yoke, and I'll make a 3-1 pleated> skirt below that. Question is, how/where are the "shorts"> attached? Any ideas?>

I think you're right; otherwise the skirt part would be likely to ride up. I would be tempted to order one to examine, and then send it back. Would that be unethical? It should be lightweight enough to go for the Priority Mail minimum, in one of the USPS's tyvek PM envelopes.

The LE description says the shorts are made of a soft knit...that would cut down on bulk, but might make them more likely to be mistaken for underwear, too!

It's a really cute garment, although as Jessamy said, not fashioned like most skorts I've seen. One thing for sure, Beverly's yoke seam won't have a washboard effect like the skort in the picture (it really shows up in the enlarged view).

Doreen in Alabama

> NAYY. She really want the bias yoke, and I'll make a 3-1 pleated skirt > below that. Question is, how/where are the "shorts" attached? Any ideas? >> Thanks,

My DD has some skorts, they are all attached at the waist. But none of them has a bias cut yoke, I don't know how that would work out. I would make a tester first. Sew the skirt but not the waistband, make the shorts, then insert them into the skirt and join them with the waistband, similar to lining but a bit different, you see what I mean? That way you will be able to see if the bias yoke pulls the shorts in a funny way. Maybe you have to make the shorts bias cut too to avoid that pulling?

HTH

Michelle Giordano

Probably. I'd be more tempted to go scour the pattern books to find something like it. Or you could just cut a pair of shorts out, cut a skirt an inch or two longer and copy the same waistband shape, and put both on one waistband.

Yeah. I've seen wrap-flap-in-the-front types and ones that look like a skirt with looooong slits on the sides that show the shorts, too, but I think I like those even better.

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She has some made like that also, but really prefers the ones that look like a skirt both front and back.

I am guessing that's what they did. I think the pleated skirt PLUS shorts all included in the hip-line seam would be rather bulky. But that's just a guess.

Beverly

That's not a bad idea! IIRC, one can now return Lands End merchandise to bricks-and-mortar Sears stores, so return postage would not be an issue.

The whole idea for skorts is to allow little girls to play rough-and-tumble without worrying about their underpants showing. I'm hoping to find a cotton knit in navy blue to match the blue in my fabric, and they will be "shorts" not thong underwear. ;-)

You can be sure of that! And I won't be cutting the pleated part on a curve like the LE one. UGLY! That probably seemed like a good idea for the Indigo blue and khaki, but for the plaids it stinks. Mismatched plaids or stripes just don't float here.

Beverly (*Really* sad that I couldn't talk DGD into letting me make this fabric into a practice kilt. Wow, this child is strong-willed. I don't envy her mother for the next six years...)

That's what I think I'll end up doing. I did find Vogue 8018, McCalls 4867 or 3677, or KwikSew 3316, but none are *exactly* what I need.

This young lady gets what *she* wants or it will languish in the back of the closet. ;-) I don't care to spend my time sewing for her and not having the result be something she'll be happy to say "Thanks, my Grandmother made it!" I was delighted the other day, when I showed up over there and she was wearing a t-shirt we embroidered with multi-colored hearts for Valentines day. She still wears the denim jacket, on the back of which we embroidered an Arabian horse, even though it's getting too small.

Beverly

Yes ;-). That's exactly how I have thought I'd do it.

The shorts will be cotton knit, so bias won't be necessary there. And a trial run with fittings will definitely be in the works.

Beverly

I have made several for my Granddaughter from the kwik sew pattern, using cheap T-shirts for the undershort material in a matching color..........cotton skirt on top.....Easy Easy and as cute as they can be...........I used the Kwik sew for all the "shorts" and any skirt pattern I liked for the skirt part. Cute as they can be.

This young lady gets what *she* wants or it will languish in the back of the closet. ;-) I don't care to spend my time sewing for her and not having the result be something she'll be happy to say "Thanks, my Grandmother made it!" I was delighted the other day, when I showed up over there and she was wearing a t-shirt we embroidered with multi-colored hearts for Valentines day. She still wears the denim jacket, on the back of which we embroidered an Arabian horse, even though it's getting too small.

Beverly

when a girl says that you know you are doing well! I did the tom boy stuff but never cared a fig what could be seen under skirts - I was too busy climbing trees LOL

I am guessing that's what they did. I think the pleated skirt PLUS shorts all included in the hip-line seam would be rather bulky. But that's just a guess.

Beverly

I'm inclined to agree - and i doubt it would be comfy either.

Looks like you could put one or more of those together and come out exactly with what you want.

Well, of course. I'm sorry if you felt like my expressing my personal preference was trying to tell you which style you should pick.

Multiple patterns, sigh, I'll be checking the TSWLTH ads for $.99 patterns...

Melinda, I wasn't intending to be snippy with you. I know there are "different strokes for different folks". I only mentioned her *strong* preference because I hope to make something she'll like/wear/show off to her friends. ;-)

Beverly

Fabulous idea about using cheap T-shirts for the shorts! I think Michaels has "craft" T-shirts at 5/$10 in a recent ad, and they come in a whole bunch of colors, too. Thanks!

Beverly

I've bought several of those tee shirts at Michaels to use for iron on transfer designs for some of my grand children. They seem to hold up very well with multiple washings. Juno

"Underwear!" was my first thought upon reading "soft knit shorts". I'd never, ever make a skort in which the shorts didn't match the skirt.

My favorite version is the one in which shorts have an apron front and back, the shorts exactly the same length as the aprons to maintain the skirt illusion when seen from the side. But I've never made a pair, since I don't wear skorts. (I wear a long shirt or a dress over separate britches.)

The apron in front only version has it backwards -- shorts don't look at all bad from the *front*!

On the web site, I loved the zoom capabilities of the enlarged picture

-- but despite all those pictures and the plentiful detail, there is no hint as to how the skort looks from the back, and no evidence that it even *has* shorts underneath, let alone shorts that don't look like underwear. If I did wear skorts, I wouldn't buy these.

Joy Beeson

The idea I'm toying with is a wrap skirt with a matching pair of shorts underneath.

Yup. Now you know one reason why I bought pattern-drafting software. :)

Okay, well, it sounded like you might have gotten upset from what I said and I wanted to make sure that fences were mended as promptly as possible.