Wool Circle Skirt

Back in January, I really wanted to make something for myself out of a piece of wool fabric I had.  But I wanted it to be easy.  No zippers, no button holes.  So I made a circle skirt with a waistband.   I used my favourite skirt for the waistband pattern. I also added a ruffle at the bottom, made out of a loosely-woven piece of polyester-ish fabric.  I think I originally bought that remnant to cover a lampshade.  But the texture and weight is a good contrast for the wool.  I wasn't sure about the ruffle at first.

To avoid button holes, I made button loops instead.  That  allowed me to avoid making a button placket.  I used olive green thread for the top stitching, just because I felt like it.

 I love this skirt.  There is only one thing I don't like about it, and that's the length at the front.  It didn't occur to me that I would need to shorten it a little at the front to make it look even all around.  Oh well. 

I had the skirt completely done except for one row of top-stitching and the buttons, from January through March.  I think in total this skirt took me about two hours to make.  Kevin was my obliging photographer today, and he kept doing weird things, so I have an annoyed look on my face in a few of the pictures, like so:

 

I think I need to get some cowboy boots to wear with this.   

 Edited to add: I think the problem with the front being longer isn't that I needed to shorten it.  I think it's just because the waistband is actually a little big!  If I took it in about 2 inches, I think it would be perfect.  But I can't really do that without taking the whole skirt apart.  Maybe I could move the buttons over to fix it.