elizabeth_mn

Two skirts made from almost the same pattern: a simple, flared shape with curved side seams and front and back darts.

I made the purple linen blend one about a month ago. It has a straight hem which means that the side seams made a little corner. It is subtle but it bugs me; I only kept the hem straight because I wanted to have a wide cut-on hem facing and pressing up on a curve is too much of a pain.

The red skirt is very lightweight wool. It's the lightest wool I have ever worked with. I would say it's like gauze, but it is not crinkly. It's probably a little too light for this almost-tailored style, plus it wrinkles like crazy, but it's done now so oh well.

The red skirt's hem is cut on a curve and has a separate facing. It really doesn't look as puffy as this in real life.

I waffled for quite a while about the trim; I knew I wanted something on there to avoid having another super-plain skirt, but the fabric seemed too light to do much with. Finally I settled on a pinked ruche.

Both have invisible zippers and waists finished with narrow bias. I originally tried a petersham waist facing on the purple one (shown in photo) but I forgot to pre-shrink the petersham and after washing it got all wonky, so I ripped it out and just used bias tape.