a "new" skirt

But do I like it? - that is the question.

I had an a-line skirt which I'd made from some oatmeal colored cotton flannel - it was okay, but every time I put it on, I would tell myself that it looked like pajama fabric - I guess because the color was so light. It was very blah.

The last time I washed it, the hem was coming undone. This was my chance to alter it!  I thought adding a flounce might be nice, so I poked around for some more flannel in my stash. The only thing I came up with was a blue and white plaid. Now, the original was oatmeal, and the plaid has white in it - they didn't look good together, but something kept telling me to go ahead and do it anyway, and see what happened.

You can see that it doesn't look like much here.  But there's a bit of black in that plaid, and I had black rickrack, so I thought it might help.

And, it did!   It was too long - I really prefer long, but it doesn't always look best, so I cut off about half of the flounce and hemmed it.  

There's a big expanse of the light-colored, plain upper section, and then the colorful plaid beneath.  I almost stole this idea from Anna, but her little flowers are tone-on-tone - mine were going to be cut from the plaid - it seemed a bit much; I thought better of it.

I don't really like it. If I saw this in a thrift store, I'd think This is definitely home made, and I'd never buy it.
(not that I avoid handmade things at the thrift store, but some items really "look it".)  But I think I should wear it at least once, and try to make an outfit out of it.

So I'll wear it to work tomorrow, and see how I make it through the day. See what funny looks I get from my co-workers.