Well, I started this skirt at the beginning of May, with high hopes that I would get it finished before the end of May, and be able to wear it for MMM12. However, lack of interfacing, getting distracted by a Lydia top and finishing my Burda trousers and life in general, prevented this from happening.
As mentioned in my previous post, I used a now out of print pattern (Simplicity 5564),
with the addition of pockets (from Simplicity 2451) a bit of fiddling and some ricrac(!).
I was debating whether to line it or not - I decided against it in the end, although if I want to extend its seasonal wear I'll have to make a slip. I wore it for the first time on Saturday, with flesh colour fishnets (which I hope look better than they sound!) and even with these, my skirt was creeping up my legs.
So on to the photos:
An approximation of how I wore it on Saturday:
How I wore it the other day, shopping and school sports day:
Another combination:
Some details, the pockets and waistband:
the invisible zip:
matching stripes:
I love this skirt! I made it on a whim, and it is everything I wanted it to be, practical, comfortable (apart from the hook 'n' eye that needs to be reattached somehow) and stripey. Plus it will go with a number of my RTW tops. Thanks for for the inspriation Melizza!
Great job on those stripes! I really love your skirt! Oh! Your invisible zipper and the rick rack are awesome too!
ReplyDeleteThe stripe matching is perfect. What a versatile skirt and I do like the idea of flesh coloured fishnets.
ReplyDeleteIt looks awesome! Perfect stripe matching. The ric-rac was such a great touch. I hope you get as much wear of it as I do mine :)
ReplyDeleteIt's so pretty - I love the matching stripes and ricrac. I can imagine you will get a lot of wear out of it.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful skirt. The details and stripe placement are so well done. Cool pockets too!
ReplyDeleteLOVE this skirt, it's amazing! xx
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