above; I’m wearing Meelup view A, made in a lightweight cotton canvas originally from Spotlight stores.
Hello! Cassie and I are very happy to announce the release of the latest addition to our Carolyn & Cassie Pattern Co family; please give a warm welcome to the Meelup skirt!
above; a Meelup view B that I made last year; in a truly stunning cotton drill bought from Ikuntji Artists… this is a skirt that never fails to attract admiring comments, which is very nice!
The Meelup is a design I refined from my own skirt block quite a while ago now, and one I’ve subsequently made over and over again; twiddling the details… yes like our Pinjarra twinset from earlier in the year, this is definitely a tried and true style that both of us wear all year long, for any and all occasions. I suppose you could say that this year has been the Carolyn & Cassie Year of Reliable Basics
below; Cassie wears Meelup view B; made in a mint green raw silk inherited from my Mum’s stash…
The Meelup pattern is for a straight fitted skirt in two lengths, with a waistband and satisfactorily deep, slanted hip pockets.
The skirt requires no zip! instead ingeniously buttons closed over the left hip pocket. This is fair dinkum my absolutely favourite feature of the pattern. Well, maybe a close second to the pockets, maybe, which are seriously decent pockets if I say so myself. The silhouette is slim, but you will find you still have plenty of room to shove your hands comfortably in the pockets, no problem.
below; Lainey wears Meelup view A, in a very denim-like cotton duck in a lovely lush floral print. She is also wearing our Booragoon top in blue cotton jersey, and my Pinjarra cardigan in pink merino knit…
styled a bit more summer like
You can line the skirt if you like; we have provided separate pattern pieces for the lining, and instructions cover both making the lined skirt and the unlined skirt as well. I’ve made both lined and unlined versions for myself, but mostly lined for the versatility of them.
below; one of my own Meelups, view A, made in deep raspberry red cotton corduroy…
You can line the skirt if you like; we have provided separate pattern pieces for the lining, and instructions cover both making the lined skirt and the unlined skirt as well. I’ve made both lined and unlined versions for myself, but mostly lined for the versatility of them.
below; a recently made Meelup in quite heavy white linen. The length of this was was dictated by my length of fabric and falls about midway between views A and B
The new Meelup is now listed in our Etsy store here. To celebrate the release of our new pattern we ore offering a special, celebratory offer of 20% off for one week only. In fact, we are currently running a 20% off sale on ALL of our patterns, because why not… I guess we’re just feeling it this weekend! Please do enjoy and take advantage of this special price!
And we hope the Meelup becomes as much a loved and very well-used item in your sewing repertoire, just it has become one for us!
below; the Meelup view B features splits in the side seams to facilitate striding
below: another recently made Meelup, this one is a sort of mid length between size A and size B… made in a lightweight cotton canvas in a fun Batman print
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