Maternity skirt.

See Mommy Sew has a great tutorial on making a maternity skirt. The only thing I did different was to put the skirt together first, then make & attach the waistband (then I ran off to orientation wearing my unhemmed skirt), then finished the hemming. This minimized thread changes ('cause, yes, I had two different purple threads that matched my two different purple fabrics!).



I used the McCall's skirt pattern as a base for shape -not cut on the bias. The pants pattern (from 1979, thank you Grandpa!) has a nice pocket shaping that I often use for my skirts. The waistband is 7" by 31" (my current waist measurement -yes, I've gained 3" already). The 3" elastic is also 31" (no added seam allowance). I cut the skirt out 2 sizes larger than needed to give extra room to grow, and that had to be gathered a bit to fit the waistband.



All in all, I am enjoying my new skirt!