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Hot Red Melissa Skirt - Maternity Version!
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This is the BurdaStyle “Melissa” High-Waisted Knit Skirt. I modified for maternity (I’m 25 weeks pregnant) by adding center front and back side seams for easier adjustment and making a larger size than I normally would (I would have made a 38 or 40 pre-pregnancy but I made the 42). Once I tried it on I realized it was sagging in the back, so I took in the excess at my handy center back seam as a dart—about 6" wide and 9" deep. Fits perfectly and I love it—great as a work basic or for casual wear.
Material Notes
Red cotton-lycra knit jersey, pretty heavyweight, $6/yard from Western Fabrics in NYC. I used maybe a yard or a bit more. I just ironed it but this stuff likes to wrinkle! But I wasn't about to make a wool jersey skirt with spring around the corner.
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Aug 11, 2011, 09.08 AMby monikapullerits
Love the whole combo! Well done with necklace and shoes! And pic behind you is very cute! :)
Jun 19, 2010, 06.41 PMby mad4fabric
wow, i love the combination of red with the stripes
Mar 16, 2010, 05.24 PMby nglalala
Wow~! You look great! Love the whole outfit!
Mar 1, 2010, 08.36 PMby m1khaela
Wow, thanks everyone! I’m wearing it to work today (with a somewhat more demure top and cardigan) and am very pleased!
Mar 1, 2010, 03.45 AMby fabricaddict
that looks wonderful! congrats and good luck with the rest of your pregnancy!
Feb 28, 2010, 01.09 PMby nelia
That skirt is really great! I´m week 26 and I would love to have it. I think pencil skirts look very nice with such a belly
Feb 28, 2010, 08.59 AMby tangerinetea
I feel exactly the same about horizontal stripes.. I love them waaay too much to give them up! Fantastic job on the skirt and congratulations.
Feb 27, 2010, 10.18 PMby Peter Lappin
Mikhaela, you look fantastic in this, and I love the striped top with it too!
Feb 27, 2010, 09.55 PMby missymay
so cute! and how cute is that picture in the background of you and (I’m guessing) daddy-to-be!
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Feb 27, 2010, 10.05 PMby m1khaela
yes, that’s daddy-to-be! the painting was a wedding gift from an artist friend (we are both cartoonists).
Feb 28, 2010, 07.46 PMby missymay
What an awesome job! x
Feb 27, 2010, 09.04 PMby wzrdreams
Fabulous modification! You look great in red.
Feb 27, 2010, 06.27 PMby Aldana Peluso
great job, i dislike the lines, it make you look too wide (any person looks wide with that sort of lines, more if that person is pregnant) but is a great great job. congratulations mom!
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Feb 27, 2010, 10.04 PMby m1khaela
Oh, I know what you mean, but I will always wear horizontal stripes whatever effect they might have, I love them too much. And I AM wide—25 weeks along, my belly is huge, and I don’t mind that it shows.
Feb 27, 2010, 09.22 AMby nikkishell
Oh WOW! you did a wonderful job :)
Feb 27, 2010, 06.41 AMby gedwoods
Great job!
Feb 27, 2010, 03.18 AMby veryprairie
Fantastic skirt, outfit, and bump! You fit your curves beautifully.
Feb 27, 2010, 02.41 AMby scheryka
Hot momma! I like this. You done a good job.
Feb 27, 2010, 02.07 AMby jasmine77
Well Done with your altering..Looks lovely. I love the red