This is Karen’s Heidi — isn’t it fabulous? I really, really love that fabric. You can read her review, here, on PatternReview. (You may need to log in, but a basic PatternReview membership is free, and if you haven’t signed up already you really should — it’s fantastic for research!)
I ran across Karen’s version while I was doing a quick check to see what kinds of variations on the BurdaStyle Heidi have been showing up. There’s Burda’s own Prom Variation, of course, but I haven’t seen very many other ones. possibly because the Heidi is very close to perfect as is, but I’ve been thinking that I’d like to make it in more lightweight fabrics, as summer comes on (here in the northern Hemisphere, at least).
The Heidi I linked to before is made in liberty Tana lawn … but I’m wondering how the fairly narrow Heidi skirt works in a lightweight fabric. I’m worried it would ride up. So I was thinking I might double the width of the center front skirt panel and add a couple inches to the middle of the back of the skirt, which could then be gathered to make a slightly more summery and playful skirt.
I suppose the right answer is “line it, you dummy,” but I haven’t had much luck with lined skirts. Your thoughts?
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