Estuary Skirt

I have spent my Sunday making the Estuary Skirt from Sew Liberated at just over knee length with the patch pockets. The fabric is this dusty rose pink stretch linen from 1st for Fabrics online. The buttons are lovely and came from eBay, and are jade green/dusty pink depending on what light you catch them in.

I have been putting this off. Probably because it's becoming increasingly likely that my jury service is cancelled due to Covid-19 so I don't really NEED the clothes for court anymore. However, I gave myself a bit of a kick up the bum because I definitely still need some stuff to wear.. and assuming we ever see some summer days again I would like to swish around in a nice pink skirt, in the sunshine - not in this never-ending mizzle and cold that's going on at the moment! (Although, the weather is making me crave knitting something, which hardly happens.)

I cut it out about a week ago to a size 24 and it's only taken a couple of hours to sew up today. The instructions were clear and easy to follow but ended with the big, big question .. 'Do I want real buttonholes? Or faux ones?' Seriously, it took about 3 hours to um and ahhh about that one. I chose faux in the end because the amount of elasticity in the waistband realistically means I will never actually USE a button. The pattern did leave button placement up to personal preference actually, which was scary and liberating all at once. I thought a 3" gap between the buttons on the main part of the skirt was enough.

I think I could have made this up in a 20 despite the measurements on the pattern (I think I would like to make a maxi version). It is quite a bit looser than I would usually wear a skirt and the fabric feels a little heavy on the waist making it feel like it may travel southwards eventually.  I will probably remedy this over the coming days by eating lots of cake. If that doesn't work I'll probably take in a couple of inches on the sides.

You can fit a ton of stuff in those pockets by the way.