“Admittedly, this is not the most exciting skirt ever! But I think it’ll be a good staple, something that will compliment a lot of different tops. I made it out of a thrifted-thrifted skirt – yea, I re-made it twice. The skirt originally came from a second hand store, and I tried to make it a bubble skirt. I didn’t follow a tutorial – I just decided to pull the hem up under the waist… which made the waist about a half an inch thick – NOT so attractive, but I thought “Oh I’ll just stuff it all under this big black belt and it’ll be cool”… ehh.. I dunno, it was cute but not all that wearable." – from the post on my blog
Used Simplicity pattern #2451.
Thrifted skirt, probably cotton/lightweight denim
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Feb 7, 2011, 02.48 PMby woman
hey bethanyb, i believe your skirt was what made me buy the pattern! hahaha.. anyway, i have a rather burning question to ask u.. did u follow the sizing on the envelope or on the tissue paper? coz my envelope says Hips 36 inches = Size 12, but the tissue says Hips 37 inches = Size 4… I’m kinda confused T_T" Hope you’ll be able to help me?
Mar 24, 2010, 03.57 PMby Katie Mac
I love this skirt, very trendy and very now. I love how casual it is since you did it in the denim color.
Mar 24, 2010, 02.09 PMby nehifamily
I think it looks great! I see nothing wrong with the hem. The fact that you chose to hem and not blind hem only makes it a bit more casual and young.
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Mar 28, 2010, 03.31 PMby bethanyb
Thanks!! I didn’t even consider the blind hem (mostly bc I’d have to change foots, lol) so I’m glad you said that!
Mar 24, 2010, 03.13 AMby ssarryo
Wow, it looks very well made, aside from the hem.
Mar 24, 2010, 12.13 AMby ttenden
hey that looks great. Off to a wonderful start. I live over in grand haven, cool to see local stuff!
Mar 23, 2010, 03.34 PMby sunnilj9
Such a great mini and I love the pleats! Great fabric too!
Mar 21, 2010, 07.18 PMby jhurienesling
Its indeed a very simple skirt, but trendy & classy. I like it very much and it looks great on you!
Mar 21, 2010, 07.00 PMby fgcassinelli
Id totally buy this.
Mar 21, 2010, 10.52 AMby zozowahine
I love this, you may not find it that exciting but I bet you will get heaps of wear from it, it fits you perfectly. You’ve made me want to buy this pattern now!
Mar 21, 2010, 05.40 AMby caldera
simple yet cute.
Mar 21, 2010, 03.52 AMby livstudios
I really like the skirt and it fits you well – beautifully done!
Mar 21, 2010, 03.29 AMby aceydoubleyou
I actually really this this is cute… even if it is fairly basic!
Mar 20, 2010, 09.27 PMby jayneelizabeth
it looks really well made. great job
Mar 20, 2010, 08.41 PMby lisadamon089
it looks good nice pattern
Mar 20, 2010, 07.49 PMby distie
A GREAT skirt! I’ll have to check out that pattern