Megan Nielsen Kelly Skirt

I have admired this skirt for a while, and this skirt by sewbusylizzy was what sold it for me.  Now with my shape, i.e. hips, full skirts can be a little hit and miss, so it was with some trepidation that I actually made this.  I chose a piece of the softest baby cord in navy blue that had been languishing in my stash since my teenage son was a preschooler.  It has been sitting there unloved for so long that it is amazing it is still intact, let alone as deliciously soft as it is.
 

I drafted off my pattern and chose a small based on my measurements and added a couple of centimetres to the length so as to have some choice over the finished length.  The waistband I cut without measuring, just trusting that it would actually fit, but this is where I came unstuck.  I think the waistband on this pattern isn't overly generous with the amount of ease it allows for wear, so unless I was fond of not breathing while wearing the skirt, it would prove to be unworkable.   It was as I was unpicking my now finished waistband complete with buttonholes, that I realised that I didn't actually like the width of the waistband either.  As a vertically challenged person, I felt that the wide waistband just wasn't me, so I cut this down as well. 

I am quite pleased with the final skirt but if I was being picky, which we dressmakers (sewists whatever you call us)  tend to be, I wouldn't be 100% happy with the side seam.  It doesn't line up exactly down my side, the back is a little skimpy and the front a little big comparatively.  Now don't get me wrong, this skirt is perfectly wearable and I do like it, but I am pleased that I chose to make this out of some fabric that I didn't have an attachment to, first.  Because this is such a simple and easy skirt, I wasn't going to, but sometimes it just pays to trust your instincts.