So I feel like I have my first truly successful skirt. I've made a few skirts prior to this, for a Halloween costume, for a party, and they were okay, but the skirt that I made today feels like it hit the spot. I used the guides found in the book sew what skirts, and some gorgeous Japanese fabric from Crafty Planet. I realized when I was cutting it today that it was a little lighter weight (aka see through), so I used the pink to create a half lining, along with the waistband. It is a wrap skirt, which had the added ease of no zippers, snaps, etc, just long enough tails to, well, wrap around and tie a decent knot. In terms of time, it took the entire of Chamber of Secrets, and the opening of Prisoner of Azkaban (however long that dvd time is). Here are some photos, a front and back view and then a close up so that you can see the pretty, pretty fabric:
r. had said that at first he wasn't sure how a fabric of spiderwebs and butterflies would work as a skirt, but then had to agree that I had been right with how pretty/cute it would turn out in the end.
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