A couple years ago, I went shopping and tried on about $10,000 worth of clothes. Nothing fit. I do not think of myself as that difficult of a body but I must be. I vowed then that I was going to make everything I wore. I have actually been very true to that but not a hundred percent. I do find that I am happier with the clothes that I make versus the clothes that I buy.
I have been needing/wanting some more skirts to wear to work. I admit to liking skirts that are to the floor and a full a-line style. Something you would have seen in the Beatrice Potter movie starring Renee Zwellenger. I actually started with a Talbots skirt that I really liked the fit on.
Then I modified it a bit more. I needed to slim down the hips or I make myself feel twice as wide. I then measure to the length of skirt I want and pin the shape I want in the fabric. This was a wool remnant I found. The length was enough to make two skirts. I made the skirt forty inches long so you can see my feet barely.
And then the stitching begins.
I have actually gone from putting a zipper in to using buttons on the side. I just prefer them even though I have come to not hate putting zippers in (huzzah to the invisible zipper!). This skirt has already been worn to work and put into my bicycle bag to come home. I also have made the same skirt with red buttons.
This style looks lovely with the Essential Jacket I made in pumpkin. I need to make more of these and over time I will. They take me about an hour and a half to sew and then I just have the buttons to put on.