It's Finished Vol. 3 || The Destination Skirt from Fresh Modesty

 Hey everyone! This week....has been long, hard and sorry to say, stressful. For a few different reasons that I am unable to post publicly, but I know Who is above it all. I know He will always be there.
Jesus' faithfulness is never ending and sovereign. 

SO, here is is- my big, long awaited project! I had been wanting to purchase Fresh Modesty's  (Olivia's) 'How To Sew Denim'  e-book ever since I started following her blog last March. The skirts she makes always fit wonderfully and and lay effortlessly flattering. :) I am in such a debt to her for hours of work she put into this amazing handbook!
Once I finally got around to printing it out and had read through it I was ready to begin! I had never installed a fly before, but with Olivia's easy-to-understand-and-follow instructions it was so easy! No lie! :)

The e-book includes two complete patterns, plus instructions in case you need to draft your own. For starters, I made the shorter version of the two wide waist-banded skirts. The Destination Skirt. I thought it would be smarter to try everything out on a smaller amount of fabric in case there were complications.

This is how hard it was snowing when we took the pictures!

 As you can see, I ran out of fabric for waistband. But since I bought the entire skirt piece (which was just enough) for only .50 at a thrift shop, I was indeed a happy camper! Plus, it will only show if I tuck in my shirt, (it's not like this will be the only time I make this skirt) so I decided not to worry about it.

                                                For the top stitching I used gold thread.

                       Boots, borrowed from Rebekah // Stockings, thrifted, .50 // Skirt, made by me, .50 // Undershirt, ? // 
                                                                          Flannel shirt, thrifted ? // Bandanna, gifted

Harvey was being particularly photogenic today, and a little calmer than usual, so I had him in a few pictures with me. (He is usually running around the yard at full speed, flinging snow and dirt behind him!)

 I do have a few things that I want to make sure improve for my next time making this style. As pictured above, the side-seam of the waistband's stitching was not perfectly tensioned- want to make sure to correct that.

 Here, I want to be a little more precise...The one side of the zipper tape needed to be caught up in the stitching a little more and the top stitching got a little messy on the front of the waistband. Other than that I am so happy with it!

 The top stitching around the fly.

 This is how I finished up the bottom hemming.

                                              
                                                             Well, what do you think ?!
                                        I cannot wait to make the longer version with pockets!

                                                               I would like to know, if:
                                                                 You ever put in a fly?
                                                               You been sewing of late?
                                                 You have ever used an e-book for sewing?
                                                 You own any of Fresh Modesty's e-books?

                                                               Many blessings dearies!
                                                                            Cassie
                                                              the Elder sister and Writer