Skirt Finally Done

Sheesh. Could it have taken me any longer to finish this? Well, maybe, but at least it's finally complete. The fabric is a linen/rayon blend, so wrinkles abound. Really. The photo is blurry so it's lying to you. I'm going to wash it a few times to soften it up. Hopefully. But here it is done, and on me. Shield your eyes from the shocking white underbelly. ;-)



My first version of this Butterick 4877 skirt was from a stretch woven. This green fabric has no stretch, but the skirt still fits 100% with no additional alterations. This pattern is definitely and officially now a keeper. For the next one, I'm going to combine the bottom pieces of this view (godets & panels) to make a flounce instead. I'm not especially thrilled with how the godets stick out so much and I think a flounce will look smoother and more even. But don't think I won't be wearing this skirt. The sticky-outy godets don't bug me that much.

I did remember to sew some twill tape to the facing seam allowance so it won't stretch out during the day. (I need to go back and add twill tape to the first brown version because the waist did grow a little as the day went on.) I decided to zigzag it on so it would stay as flat as possible when it fights my stomach. Ahem.



This is what the inside of the skirt waist looks like. Not exactly what you'd see in RTW, but this ain't no RTW … it's custom! LOL!



Because I've had such good luck with Butterick patterns lately, I succumbed to the Club BMV one-day sale and ordered a couple more: 4819 for the button-down shirt from Annette's review, and 5223 because I just loved Toya's version of it. I also bought V8489, mostly just to look at. Ordering through the mail during these sales is cheaper than gas. But then pretty much anything is cheaper than gas these days. Yikes.

The next project is to do something about this:



That's my ironing board. Yeah, pretty bad, huh? I'd been putting off making a new cover thinking I could find one to buy. Hah. I've bought and returned 3 that don't quite fit and the rips keep growing. It's time to just buckle down and do it. I've picked out a "what was I thinking?" denim print from the stash and will make the new cover before I go to bed tonight. Cidell says it takes 30 minutes.

I'm kind of dragging today. Yesterday, we finally had the yard sale I've been putting off forever. I hate doing yard sales but we had so much stuff that was "too good" to just throw out and it's been piling up. I was organizing stuff all week, then up late Friday night getting it laid out and ready, and up early yesterday to bring it all out and run the sale. DH parked his big pick-up truck down at the beginning of our driveway, blocking the driveway and with a sign on it stating our starting time. And the (expletive deleted) early-birds actually DROVE AROUND IT and continued on to the house! I was so irritated at that. I was already tired, it was 400 percent humidity outside, and these people drove on our yard trying to "beat the crowd?" Did they think they'd be welcome with a big smile? Hah! They obviously don't know me in the morning. LOL!

But at least that's done, I've got some bonus cash, my garage is cleared out, and DS can park his Mustang in it again. And my skirt is done. ;-)