Plaid Flannel and Duct Tape

One day while I was at JoAnn's Fabric looking for thread or something, I was digging around in the fabric remnant bin and found some green plaid flannel. Right now, I love plaid, so it came home with me even though I didn't have any idea what to make with it.

There was a tutorial over at Grosgrain I wanted to try, so I decided to use the flannel for that.

My skirt turned out kinda like that, but not. It's a skirt and there's elastic in the waistband, but that's where the similarities end. The skirt linked above is a simple circle skirt, and this is more like a kilt. When I was putting it together, there was a LOT of extra length in the fabric, and it's plaid flannel - turning it into a kilt-thing just made sense.

This is the first article of clothing I've ever made (though I did help my mom make some stuff for me when I was little.) It's messed up in a lot of ways...but I can actually wear it! (Especially if I put tape on it to make sure it stays the shape I want it to.)


Bad:  
1. The foldover doesn't stay in place. It, like, pulls to the side rather than laying flat.

But the duct tape helps with that. 
2. The waistband is super messed-up, so I have to wear a longer shirt with the skirt.


Good:  
1. The fabric. (Even if Joe thought the skirt looked like men's boxers, 'til I sewed the buttons on.) 
2. The length. Most dresses and skirts are too short for me. In this one, I don't have to constantly worry about accidentally exposing myself. (It does look pretty short in the pics. You know the public-school test of whether something's too short: put your arms straight down at your sides with your fingertips pointed, and if the garment reaches the ends of your fingertips or extends past them, it's long enough. That's what I went by.)
3. I love the seam down the middle in the back, and the slit at the bottom where I left the seam separated. The seam & the slit make me think of dressy skirts that you wear with a matching jacket.
4. I also super-love the fringe at the bottom. It only took me about an hour to pull out all the threads to make it do that. I did this at the very end of the project. Revenge for the skirt taking up an entire weekend? 'course not.
5. Joe helped me pick out the buttons ^.^

(Why, yes, it is kinda awkward to have a close-up of my rear posted on the internet.)