I have wanted to make this skirt for several weeks, but just had too much of "life" going on to give it any attention. It's now finally complete!
I stopped in Hancocks on Wednesday of this week. I wanted to pick up some polar fleece remnants (if they had any) for my charity sewing chemo caps. They did have some cute prints, so I picked up a few of them. Of course, I had to check out other fabric since I had a coupon for 25% of entire purchase. I like to checkout their rayon/poly ponte fabric and hope to find something in a print that grabs my attention.
The fabric above is not RPL, but a poly knit. While I choose not to use poly for tops (too hot for me), I will use it for skirts. I found this and a nice royal blue on black. Since I have a lot of blues in my closet, I chose the red. I came right home and washed the fabric. By the next evening it was the Tilton skirt! I have several black tops that I think will work with it, and I'm hoping a red Tea Garden Tee (pattern shown below) that I made years ago will work with it. I haven't taken the time to check the reds together.
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After I completed this red one, I pulled out some black mystery knit fabric that I think came from Walmart a number of years ago. I'm sure it's a poly, but it has a pretty nice feel and good drape. I thought DGD would like this pattern, so I cut her one in a size small (I had used the size M for myself) and zipped it up on the machines. I used both the serger and sewing machine.
I made two changes for mine. I cut off about 1" from the hem and I made the waistband more narrow--a finished width of about 2.5". DGD is taller so I didn't cut off the hemline, but I also used a more narrow waistband for hers.
A really fun pattern! I like the finished result.
