The fabric is quilting cotton -- Michael Miller "Birds of Norway". I love prints with birds in them, and this one is so cheerful and full of great colors! The background is dark brown: to the extent that I have a Fall wardrobe wish list, adding more brown items to my wardrobe is on it. (I may share a little more about my Fall yens before too long.)
I made the waist a little smaller than I have on previous skirts, so it sits a tad higher. Turns out I really liked the fit, so this is something to repeat. I also added a total of four inches to the skirt width, which seems just right for this fabric. I have so many things in my closet that will pair with this too! No surprise, I guess, given how many colors there are in the print.
Apologies for the morning face (and canine back-end) -- I did a quickie photo session before heading to work in my new skirt Monday morning. At least the skirt looks great! The light olive top is from Target a few years back, and the cardigan is a super-ancient Gap item that I'm not sure whether I thrifted or bought new back when I was in grad school. It was actually lost in my closet for a while, but I hunted it down just for this outfit. The shoes are Dansko, from last year. They are awesome.
Here's the inside. The blue voile is just something I had on hand, and I used a scrap of vaguely-coordinating yellow quilting cotton to face the waistband. (The same yellow fabric is used for the fronts of the pockets in schmeebot's latest skirt, not that it matters, but it did a nice job keeping the bright flowers from showing through the white.) The zipper is green, because for all the colors in the skirt, that was the closest I had in my zipper-wad. The pockets are piped perfectly -- I am so very proud. When it comes to the sewing on the bias tape bands, maybe not so much: turns out that stitching wobbles there are kinda noticeable. But not enough to motivate me to pick it off and re-sew.
I did not bother at all with pattern-matching, one because it never quite works out for me, and two because I decided to be a fabric miser instead. I could just cut the front and back lying side by side, and now I have a yard plus of this fabric left for something else.
Though I am EAGER to make yet more of these simple-yet-addictive skirts, I am taking a break to try something new:
Colette Peony! It has a slimmer skirt than my usual, so we'll see how I like it. I have it traced off already, and will try making a test run of the short-sleeved version, probably with the blue splotted Tencel twill (which I have used before) on the right. If I get it fitting well, then I may try a three-quarter sleeve version outta that aubergine suiting material, assuming there's enough of it there. (The green and white quilting cotton lost out this time around -- probably not the right fabric for this fit.) Hopefully Peony will come out more flattering than my only other attempt at a three-quarter sleeve dress.
I love it! The trim at the bottom really makes the turquoise pop.
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