Friday Night Sewing

McCalls 5591, view A, pleats modified

fabric from estate sale

I know, boring black skirt, but I'm going to make a blouse to go with it next, so watch out for that.

Considering how many sewing patterns I own, I was feeling a little guilty for making a skirt that I've already made before, so I started trying different pleats in an effort to make it a "different" skirt. And I know black doesn't photograph very well on my camera, but it looks really good and well, different!

I took a bad picture of the back of the skirt to try to show the pleating, it's pretty much the same thing on the front:

You'll have to see it in person to get the full experience :-)