The Droma Skirt is the latest pattern release from me and Leila and Muna and Broad. As always, M&B email newsletter subscribers have 15% off this week and Patreon Insiders and Makers have 25% off all patterns at all times.
Fabrics & sizing
I nabbed this bargain cotton/linen from Fabric Box thinking it would be a handy fabric to toile in, but then I quite liked the soft muted colours and thought it probably deserved more than life as a toile.
I thought I did a really good job of aligning the pattern across the back seam (it’s the little things) but I was reminded that there’s always an extra faff when you work with fabrics that aren’t just plain colours (and corduroy. Corduroy is also a faff). The print being pretty omni-directional meant that there was no issue cutting this on the crossgrain (some of the sizes call for that due to the width of the pattern pieces).
I made a Size G for my current measurements: 44.5″ at my waistband hitting spot and 57.5″ hip
Deep in my Pinterest Skirt inspo hunting period I also ended up simultaneously reading about and watching YouTube videos about something that I now can’t remember the name for but which essentially boils down to ‘outfits which blend items of perceived purpose/perceived fanciness’. Below, my experimentation on this theme: red mesh mary-janes are a bit fancy and the skirt could be too, but the oversized Lobethal Shirt and sports hat is almost ‘baseball jersey on a sports fan’ (not a sports fan).
It’s not groundbreaking stuff, but an interesting personal experiment in subverting intent (while also being sun smart)!
Broad in the seams 