Jil Sander Copy

I love the Jil Sander spring 2011 line. The beautiful kelly greens, hot pinks and bright tangerines, all solid and fairly clean lines. Oh, and the ruffles. BIG ruffles. Without looking too dangerously prom.

I had some orange sherbet cotton sateen in my stash. Trying to find a solid kelly green, tangerine or hot pink is hard. Prints abound. Sometimes you have something in your stash.

I copied my go-to skirt muslin. I did not line the skirt, but finished edges and added an interfaced waistband facing (never do I add facings, I prefer to line) to stabilize the weight of the ruffle. I think lining would make the skirt drag down, and I did not need any added weight. The ruffle is folded and added between facing and skirt.It has great drape factor.

Sateen is the way to go. Enough shine, enough crispness and I LOVE the skirt. I plan on wearing it with a white blouse or a bright pink very plain T. Heck I would even wear a black blouse, who cares if it looks Halloweeny! I have some black sateen, so I am planning on making a black skirt with a different colored ruffle.

Don't you love shopping your stash????