Butterick 4136

[jen]

I've used this pattern to eat up a bit of stash. It's a very simple pattern for a skirt with flare at the hem and panels, which I adapted by adding a waistband and lining and playing about with the hemline. Blog post https://patternpandemonium.wordpress.com/2018/07/15/dead-easy-skirt/  [ You are not allowed to view attachments ]  
Fabric is a poly voile with a satin dot woven in. Great pattern for a rapid make btw.

[Nevis5]

Very pretty, @jen !  That's one of my favourite shapes for a skirt.  Where will you wear it?  I wouldn't dare wear that colour round here with my infallible ability to throw anything I eat down my front 

[Silver Rose]

That is a really lovely adaptation of the pattern, I thought I recognised the B 4136, it was the first skirt I made when I started sewing again about 8 years ago. I made a short version last year, I love the shape of the skirt with the lower down flare.

[Ploshkin]

That is really elegant.  Like Nevis5 I would end up with beetroot on it even if I wasn't eating it.  I can't do uneven hems either, they just look wrong on me, I can't have the right proportions or something.

[Bodgeitandscarper]

That looks lovely, wish I could wear skirts, but my spare tyre has succumbed to gravity, so a waistband sits very much lower underneath it at the front, making skirts hang very oddly!

[Silver Rose]

I can't wear skirts with a waistband anymore Bodge, too uncomfortable on my non existent waistline. I usually lower the waistline on skirts and trousers and add facings or a lining.

[wrenkins]

That looks lovely, wish I could wear skirts, but my spare tyre has succumbed to gravity, so a waistband sits very much lower underneath it at the front, making skirts hang very oddly!

Were you a lineslady at Wimbledon yesterday? 
I saw one who could have tripped over the front while flashing at the back. Aren't they fitted for those things?

[UttaRetch]

Really pretty and the hem looks perfect.

[Surest1tch]

That's very pretty and feminine too, sadly I can't wear skirts any more, bad accident that left my left leg from the calf down full of exploded thread veins and now looks horrendous 

[jen]

I did this in my daughters size, sorry should have mentioned that. My waist is honoured in the breach, I have made this pattern up for me before, but in the sort of fabric style that allows for a top covering the danger zones. Pretty good pattern for a flared skirt, the princess lines allow alterations to the waist fit with no problem.

[Renegade Sewist]

Lovely skirt. Your Daughter must love it. The hem adaptation went really well.

My skirt days are over I'm afraid, for pretty much all the reasons listed above.  No one should have to look at my veins. I certainly don't want to see them. Creepy looking things.  Waist can change up to 4 inches in a day, up and down and back again. Elastic is now my friend. Thank you gall bladder removal!

@jen , I loved the first line of your blog post.