First sewing of the year

Finally finished this skirt! Here's the front. It's a pencil skirt with a cute bow on the waist band.

 Here's the back.

And the inspiration.

 I think it looks great! And it's lined!

I got the wool from my mom's selection, most likely from an Estate sale and the lining was a green silk taffeta I bought to make a dress for Christmas that had red dye mis-prints. The skirt took awhile to make, here's how it went:

Day 1: I cut out the skirt using my measurements only. I sewed the whole thing together including the lining then called it a night.

Day 2: Sewed the zipper in. Back was bubbled and looked ridiculous. Ripped the zipper out and tried again. Another bubble. Ripped the zipper out. Fit the skirt on the dress form. Sewed the zipper in. Another bubble. Ripped the zipper out. Tried to fit the skirt on myself. Sewed the zipper in. Another bubble. Enough for one night, time for bed.

Day 3: Decided to re-cut the back sections of the skirt. They were looking too curvy and driving me crazy. I slowly seam ripped the entire skirt apart. Slipped and cut my finger, oh what a day.

Day 4: Re-cut the back sections of the skirt from a pencil skirt pattern with a similar waistband. Sewed most of the skirt back together. 

Day 5: Finishing. Sewed the kick pleat, zipper and hemmed. And finally done! 

Cute? I love it!