shoes: Aerosoles 'Rolling Hills'

I bought this fabric awhile ago at Joann Fabrics with no real plan for it.  As I was looking for lighter fabrics to start sewing for spring and summer, I brought this out of storage.  I made a striped skirt for cooler weather from Vogue 7971 once before, and the design lends itself so well to stripes that I thought this would be perfect for it.

The cooler weather skirt was made from a wool blend from Trim Fabric that had just a bit of stretch.

shoes: Söfft 'Venessa'

Unfortunately, the green fabric didn't behave the same way the wool blend did, and it ended up being too tight.  I didn't want to cut new pieces for it since I have plans for the remaining yardage, so that meant raising the waist and hip to fix the problem.  I marked 1 1/2 inches from the waist all the way around the top of the skirt and cut that portion off, thereby bringing the hip line up to a comfortable level.  This method works only with A-line skirts that have some length to give up, which this was.  :]

I had to flip the zipper to the right side instead of the left since I had already finished the left side seam when I put the zipper in the first time around.  There wasn't any spare fabric to lower the zipper on the left side.

After putting the zipper in again, I adjusted the fit by taking in the darts in the front and back.  The facings also no longer worked since they were cut to fit the original pieces, so I used bias tape to finish the waistline edge.