Ah, Spring!

I got out the cottons for a "Brooklyn" inspired skirt. You remember it.

Sunny and sweet.

 I don't usually make reproductions and this isn't one. But I do love the bright optimistic take on Summer this movie employed and took my palette from there. Truthfully, this movie is great but I have watched MANY a terrible flick for the color combos. Sometimes you just want to be washed over by technicolor.
 I had this Butterick pattern, which many of you already have and tweaked it.

This pocket is a quick sew and really fun.

I used the skirt portion of the pattern and added a grosgrain waistband, also shortened  it by 2"

Pocket tweak, contrast lining and knot detail.

Thought I was smiling, Ha!

I love to use the bottom halves of dress patterns for skirts. I do it all the time, it never disappoints.
I will probably wear this skirt with a cute tee and flat sandals, a lace collar blouse is a little too lamb for this mutton.

THEN THIS HAPPENED-
I was blissfully ironing away and reached for the water bottle to refill the reservoir and reached for the wrong bottle. Just like in a movie where the protagonist reaches for a bottle and instead grabs poison. That never happens, you say...

  I filled the iron with Best Press. The pricey sizing that works a treat but is not for the iron. I filled it to the brim, because Rowenta has started leaking. (What's that Rowenta? Why do I have a shotgun? Why are we going behind the shed?) And now the sewing room is redolent with the nominally pleasant smell of Spring... or starch.
Let this be a lesson to us all.

Ever Your Thimble Servant
Miss Brilliantine