Here is the second skirt that I made with the fabric that I bought earlier (same time as the blue fabric). The dress I worked on yesterday was a disaster (I may turn it into a skirt) and I wanted something to wear on my birthday (going out to dinner tonight) so I figured I would finish up this skirt (I've been working on it for a while, it was almost done anyway).
Sorry for all the pics. I can sometimes be narcissistic. It is the maroon chiffon with the border print on top of a half-circle under skirt made of shiny gold fabric. The effect with that was exactly what I wanted. The skirt has pleats (2in in the front, 1in all the rest) going all the way around it. Longer ones in the front to make it flatter. The pleats are inverse (showing on the outside) and have top stitching on the outside near the folds. It took a while. I played with the idea of doing top stitching on random pleats in a gold thread. I may still, I'm not sure....Zipper in the back....that's it. It was fun, it didn't turn out exactly like it did in my head, but that is alright. And, just like that blue skirt, this is the most comfortable thing ever.
Don't worry, I won't be wearing that shirt with it. I really need to make some shirts for these skirts, I really don't have any options. A choli would be most authentic, but I'm not okay walking around with my mid-drift showing. I'll figure something out.
Happy birthday to me :) It is so exciting when things turn out (that you'll actually wear)
~Nikki
