I feel like this is the kind of skirt that needs to be worn to the seaside. I need the sun to come back!

This is the skirt that I made from Simplicity 2451 – Easy to Sew indeed! Well, it would have been more straightforward had I not needed to put in lining and resize the skirt. I’ve been a bit silly and not checked my measurements regularly – all that bread minus Karate has meant a few more inches on my waist and my bum, which I wouldn’t have noticed if I didn’t sew! While it hasn’t affected my ready to wear clothing, it has meant that I’m a 14 instead of a 12 in the Simplicity patterns. Unfortunately, I didn’t have enough fabric to redo the front, so I added a few inches onto the back pattern pieces, et voila, it fits!

I’m getting better at inserting zippers, but as you can see, still not perfect. I’m still doing them by hand, as I haven’t got a zipper foot, so I’ll need to master that at some point!

The stripes on the fabric are a little bolder than I’m used to wearing, so I decided to cut it different ways for contrast between the main body of the skirt and the waistband. I attempted to match the stripes on the waistband, but didn’t succeed, d’oh! Perhaps next time! I’m not sure what kind of fabric this is, but whatever it is, it doesn’t like being ironed. It’s so stubborn, I ended up making new creases altogether, as you do. I’m so clever!

Love the pockets included on the pattern! I think I’m becoming a bit of a pocket fiend! I especially love this kind of pocket detailing on skirts, though I had to do some major improvisation on the lining front. Has anyone out there seen any decent instructions for lining this kind of skirt?

At any rate, this pattern is a breeze to construct if you’re not silly like me and forget to add bread allowance. I’ll certainly be making it again, but in jersey I’m thinking.

Only three weeks until I’m reunited with my serger! I can’t wait to do tidy seam finishing instead of this zig zag nonsense!