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Simplicity 2411

4/12/2013

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I made the short version, no embellishments or split seams. The first time I made it, it was in this orange and white seersucker that was on super sale at Joann's. I discovered it was too tight when I first tried it on, and I never bothered to hem it. A blessing in disguise, because I really don't know what I was thinking with that fabric! It is hideous. I count my lucky stars whenever I spy it in the discard pile that I did not do any further work with it.

But, I knew I needed to make a larger size when I wanted to make it again. And I did want to make it again one day after my husband and I went to dinner. The waitresses were wearing cute little kilt-like skirts. My husband said, "now there's a skirt you ought to make! It would look great on you." So the next day I went to Joann's looking for fabric. It had to be red plaid. Well I found what I was looking for--color and patternwise--in the homespun section. Homespun. Sounds so quaint. Homespun. Must be nice, right? So I bought it and sewed it up. Yuck! It was very easy to sew but it hangs like a stiff curtain, which is probably what it is designed for. The skirt is also a wee bit too big. My husband loves it. But this one is going to get slipped into the discard pile.

It doesn't look so hideous with a shirt hanging over it--does it?
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But, ugh. Really, it's too stiff.
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and the sad thing is, this pattern was slight challenge for me and before I put it on I thought I had made a leap in my skills. Alas.
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