Last month I made myself another skirt. It was one of those projects that seemed to take a lot longer than it should!

I decided to make Vogue 9090 in a Abraham Moon wool. We’re lucky in that the Abraham Moon mill is in the next town and they have a mill shop, their wool fabric is gorgeous, it feels lovely. Last time we popped in they had a table full of 2-3m lengths at £5 a metre, a huge bargain – even in the mill shop it’s usually £20 a metre! I now have rather a large stash of Moon fabrics!

This is the third time I’ve used this pattern, the image on the front of the pattern isn’t particularly inspiring but it’s actually a lovely skirt to wear. I made it in cotton last summer and baby cord a couple of months back…

This was one of those makes that took a lot longer than it should! It’s a very simple make, I could probably make it in an afternoon if I concentrated and didn’t faff about. I used a coordinating cotton to line the pockets and also for the waistband lining, it all went together very easily.

I wore it a couple of times and decided it was a touch big, sitting on my hips rather than round my waist. I decided the easiest fix would be to simply take it in down the centre back seam. I carefully unpicked the zip and a bit of the hem and stitched a new back seam…

It didn’t take long, just long enough to lose the zip!! I hunted high and low for that darn zip, couldn’t find it anywhere. Eventually I gave up and bought another zip. It fit’s much better now and I’ve worn it several times.

My daughter was home for a few days over Mothers Day weekend. We visited the RHS garden in Harrogate, Harlow Carr, a perfect spot for a photo…

…and a selfie…

Of course the zip appeared as soon as I had stitched the other one in…it was in the dog bed!