Menswear Inspired: Skirt with Flounce made with Suit Fabric

As you know, I’m a big fan of contrasts. So when I saw a feminine skirt with flounce made from a masculine suit fabric on my biggest source of inspiration Pinterest, this skirt made it immediately to the top of my sewing list. I found the perfect fabric for this project at the Maybachufer fabric market here in Berlin. Inspired by the fabric diet that is organized also this year by Küstensocke, I want to at least diminish my fabric stash in 2018 a little and make sure that it doesn’t grow anymore. That’s why I’m trying to only buy fabrics, when I already have a clear project in mind and will be able to finish it soon. This new method worked very well for this skirt and I have sewn the fabric the same month I bought it. Keep your fingers crossed that I keep up with this 😉 But now more about this pattern:

Pattern: Burdastyle #102 11/2016

Difficulty: ●●○○○ (with illustrated step-by-step instructions)

Size: 36 (my usual size)

Me-made skirt with flounce pattern 102 Burda November 2016 ... Sewionista.com ... Sewing ... Slow Fashion ... DIY ... Blog

Materials & Costs:

Fabric: thin wool fabric from Maybachufer Market = 4 €/m

Haberdashery: invisible zipper via ebay = 1.50 €

Total = 1.5 m x 4 €/m + 1.50 € = 7.50 €

Pattern Modifications: None. Next time I will add around 0.5 cm width at the hips as the pattern is there a little slimmer than usual.

Conclusion: A sewing project has never made it so fast from inspiration to finished garment! This shows that the skirt with flounce is right up my alley. I’m also really loving the finished and it turned out just as I imagined. As mentioned above, I would add a little more width at the hip for the next version. The fit is nevertheless great, but it would make the skirt a little more comfortable. However, this is a really great pattern and I can highly recommend it! Especially, as the illustrated step-by-step instructions make it easy to sew it even for (advanced) beginners.

love it!

Julia says:

Monday February 12th, 2018 at 10:20 PM

Thank you for your nice comment!

Ein wunderschöner Rock und der Kontrast von Männeranzugstoff und dem zarten Rockschnitt finde ich sehr schön, wäre auch genau meins. Ich wünsch dir viel Freude beim Trage es Schmuckstückes.
liebe Grüße
Jana

Toll geworden der Rock, gefällt mir besser als das Modell in der Burda. Ich mag den Kontrast zwischen strengem Stoff und verspieltem Schnitt.
LG Rock Gerda

Sehr sehr schöner Rock mit dem besonderen Etwas. Ich bin auf Tragefotos sehr gespannt, aber allein schon auf diesen Bildern sieht der Rock nach einem absoluten Lieblingsstück aus. LG Kuestensocke