Vanessa Pouzet, Orange PVC Sister Mini

Yet another New Craft House fabric drop and another statement look. I’m a sucker for unique fabrics and textures and this orange pvc is definitely that! It has a cream open weave backing with this orange plastic adhered to it which reminds me of the high vis jackets workmen wear when they’re repairing pipes in the road – always an aspirational look ha!

Now while this could make a fantastic jacket (and I do have quite a bit left so I might well do that) I thought it would be a cute 1960s style mini skirt and I had envisioned a contrasting chunky black zip. I already had a pattern which would fit the bill, the Sister Mini from Vanessa Pouzet which I had previously made in corduroy.

The pattern calls for a lining which gives it a very neat finish hiding all the raw edges so I just used some black cotton I had left from a previous project. One of the great thing about this pattern is it only uses a meter of fabric, if that! There’s two pattern pieces, a front and a back and that’s it! It’s super easy to make, I made it in a couple hours including cutting out the fabric. The trickiest part is inserting the zip but because it’s an open ended zip it’s really simple.

I did make one tweak to the pattern by squaring off the centre front because in my head I thought that would look nicer in this fabric. I didn’t add pockets this time because I didn’t want them to warp the silhouette. One thing to note about this pattern is it is in French but I just put everything into Google Translate and it was fine, it's so easy I didn't really need the instructions anyway to be honest.

I feel very sophisticated wearing this, it’s quirky and stylish and I’m really looking forward to wearing it to work when we finally return to the office. Best thing is though…it’s wipe clean!