I made a skirt......

"Good for you" you say!  Well, I am particularly proud of this skirt.  I originally saw the style in a rtw line and loved all of the primary colours and the two little pleats at the front.  I also loved the linen it was made of.  I had to have one but of course not a rtw.

I had just the piece of linen in mind, bought with this fabric haul.  Unfortunately once I had washed and ironed it, the fabric appeared to have some permanent fold marks that seemed to have the dye stripped out of it.  This meant I needed to cut the pieces around the damaged fabric.  I used New Look 6918 and cut it to a size 10 in the waist and size 12 in the hips. I was a little concerned this style with it's tummy pleats would be unflattering and didn't want it to drag across the tummy and but area hence the extra room.  I also shaved off 1cm on the side seams tapering up from the hem to give more of a pencil illusion.  This proved to be a perfect solution and resulted in the perfectly fitted skirt.  I like the way the waist band is curved and sits just below the waist. 

To finish my skirt off I lined it and very carefully hand stitched it in at the waist, around the zip and the back pleat.  I don't usually wear lined skirts in the summer but this skirt with it's taffeta lining is really lovely and luxurious to wear....and did I mention comfortable!   I am wearing it here with the blouse I made and wrote about here.  The blue is a perfect match for the tiny blue flowers in this blouse.

By the way...if anyone can tell me why my photo is uploading sideways, I would be most grateful.