A Little Floral Skirt

Also known as the “Hawaiian Skirt that Almost Was.”

I saw this fabric a couple months ago at Joann’s and then lovingly carried the bolt of fabric around the store smiling like a dummy.  I loved it and needed it and wanted to upholster my house in it.  But alas, I live with a boy.  And some boys just don’t love all the floral.  Ha!

I bought a couple of yards to make some kind of skirt with it.  I’m loving maxi skirts right now, so I had visions of a graphic, colorful, floral maxi skirt.  And then in one of the best decisions of my life, I asked Timothy’s opinion.  I held the fabric up and asked if he thought it would be cute as a long skirt.  (And after typing that sentence I now realize that I can never make fun of him for basketball again.  He must love his new life of giving me fashion opinions. Ha!)

But he looked at it and said “Umm, that’s a lot going on.  Don’t you think it looks Hawaiian?  I’d make it shorter.”  Good call, good call.  Plus I’m 5’1″.  Fashion rules say I shouldn’t even wear a maxi since I’m so short.  Throw me in a maxi with a busy pattern and flowers larger than my head?  Yikes.

So I made it knee length and I’m so happy with how it turned out!  I used my go-to skirt pattern, McCall’s 3341.  The pattern makes an A-line skirt, so I usually taper the sides for a more pencil shape.  This time I left the pattern as is because I really liked how the fabric hung with the A-line shape.

I kind of got out of the habit of sewing, so it was so wonderful to get back into it.  Last week I made three skirts, several sunglasses cases, and an iPad case.  I wasn’t going to bed until the early morning hours because I was simply having so much fun!

So what about you guys?  Have any of you sewn anything recently?  Do you have a go-to skirt pattern?  I just bought a new pencil skirt pattern that I’d love to try, but I need interfacing.  To me, interfacing is to the sewing world as flour was to the cooking world.  So I’m just going to have to jump in.

I’d love to hear about your latest sewing projects!

~Whitney