Maxi Skirt McCall's 6559 Hack

Right before Christmas, and I am talking maybe a day or two before my house guests arrived and I finished work for the year, I decided I simply must have a maxi skirt to take away on my camping holiday.  I had some lovely rayon knit fabrics I had bought at Fabric Visions half price sale on their sale fabric table.  I wasn't sure what I was doing and didn't really have a pattern.  Talk flying by the seat of my pants!  I just knew that I must have that darn skirt. 

After obsessing about said skirt for around 24 hours, I cut it out and whipped it up.   I used I used McCall's 6559 for my pattern and simply cut it off at the waist.  I then added a waistband  and threaded through some wide elastic....job done!

I wore my new skirt out to dinner on our camping holiday.  It was perfect to cover legs that had already seen a lot of sun that day and just dressy enough for our casual restaurant overlooking the beach.  I have had maxi dresses in the past and these haven't really had a lot of use.  A skirt just might be a bit more practical for my lifestyle and the fact that it has already had it's first outing is a positive start!