A few weeks ago, I talked about how I started making some of my own maternity clothes because I just wasn’t finding cute ones in the store. I got excited when I saw this cute knee-length, over-the-bump skirt on Cotton and Curls and decided to give it a go.
I’m not gonna lie, this skirt was HARD. Also, the instructions were beyond me. I’m not sure if it’s just me or what, but I had to finish the second half on my own because I was totally lost! It didn’t help that I decided to make this out of jersey instead of cotton, which made ironing and attaching the waistband really difficult. Lesson learned.
After I went to bed that night (late, because I was working on that skirt FOREVER), I suddenly figured out one part of the instructions that had stumped me and knew that I had done it wrong. Oh well. I certainly wasn’t going back to fix it. If you look up close, this skirt is not the prettiest, but from far away, it’s not too bad. And it is my first attempt at pockets – I even impressed myself there!
Unfortunately it was about 90 degrees in California the day that I wore this and I had to attend an outdoor birthday party before heading to my own outdoor baby shower. It. was. sweaty. By the time I got to the shower (baby shower, that is, not a bathroom shower, which I would have preferred), I was feeling less than fresh. But at that point I didn’t have much of a choice.
Here’s a sweaty picture of me with the lovely cake my mother-in-law made for the beautiful shower she hosted for me (see a few more shower pictures in our CA trip recap):
Oh well. At least I looked nice when I took the What I Wore Wednesday photos… Don’t you just hate when sweat ruins the outfit?
Linking up with The Pleated Poppy for “What I Wore Wednesday”