Stella’s style has been evolving over the past year.  Last October she requested a black flared skirt with a fitted waistband and belt loops.

Goodness, Stella looks quite different now in comparison to these photos from ten months ago! Anyway, she says that this skirt was really the first item in her current wardrobe (now predominantly black, grey, denim, a bit of white and some very small doses of colour; very little made by me). I dived into my pattern stash and found Style 2191.  This is a pattern that often pops up at the op shop; despite it being a children’s pattern it’s mostly the waist measurement that needs to be fitted; the style ease is pretty forgiving to other body measurements.

I sewed view 4, the shorter flared style without a lower ruffle. The fabric is a black stretch woven from deep stash, probably from the Darn Cheap Fabrics $2 table once upon a time. A non-stretch would have been better, but this still worked out okay. There’s a centre back seam zip. Not installed as well as it could be; I usually use invisible zips for this type of application (but this was sewn during second lockdown so I used what I had). There’s also a vintage button as a waistband closure.

This has been worn a bit although it’s probably longer than she’d like. Teenage skirt preferences seem rather short at the moment.

It’s just hemmed on the machine. Really, this isn’t my most outstanding piece of sewing, but it’s wearable. When I made it I wasn’t even sure that it would ever be worn (I was wrong).  The top she’s wearing with it was sewn for Clare ages ago.