Skirt

I feel like I talk about what I want to make, but then forget to post photos of the finished project. Part of the problem is taking good pictures, but I hope to improve at that with practice. This weekend I bought a little gorillapod tripod, and it’s great, especially since my boyfriend is not around to take photos of me wearing my creations.

I sewed up this little skirt last week from a pattern I’ve made before (I’ll add the pattern number when I’m home to look at it). It’s such a simple, easy pattern, and I wear the other skirt all the time, so I figured I was due for another. I’m also hoping that, since it has a box pleat, I’ll be able to wear it on my scooter. I discovered this weekend that pencil skirts and scooters, sadly, do not mix.

The fabric is vintage, but reminds me of a newer fabric I’ve seen around lately.

I’ve been tipped off to the fact that next time I take pictures without a flash, I need to change the camera location so that I’m not backlit.

Close-up (with flash):

I haven’t worn it out yet, but I’m happy with out it turned out–other than the fact that the lovely invisible zipper I’d installed got stuck at the top (while I was trying it on!) and I had to tear it out and replace it with a regular zipper because that was all I had. And I didn’t do that great of a job putting it in. But no one except me would notice that. Hopefully.