Out to Sea in My Pleated Skirt

What a nice way to call in summer!

 And because I'm so funny... /sarcasm

Excuse the wrinkles on the back. I was wearing it all day and it got wrinkled from constant sitting.

I actually haven't made many skirts. Well, I suppose a better way to say it is that I actually do not keep many skirts that I've sewn. Considering that Big4 patterns include significant ease, many of the skirts I've made always ended up too big. This skirt that I'm featuring is also a little on the bigger side even with an alteration, but is not so huge that it is unwearable.

The pattern is McCalls 6706 and the fabric is Michael Miller's Out to Sea, which I got at Fabric Place Basement in Natick. I do not recall when I finished making this... It would have been at least a half year ago, maybe longer. I do remember seeing this particular fabric at Fabric.com thinking it was really cute. I'm glad I was able to get it in store! I had never ordered fabric online and I was wary that I would get cut short on yardage. I'm slowly getting into buying fabric online as evident by my recent buy from Spoonflower, but it may take some time.

The skirt pattern is rather large and even though I cut out a size 10 based on my body measurements, it was way larger than I expected. I ended up taking in the back seam so that it could be tighter, but it is still not quite as tight as I'd like. I ended up sewing in loops at the waist so that I could at least wear a belt. I also added pockets because the original pattern did not include pockets! Whaaa??