Wearing My Tablecloth Skirt and a Felt Necklace

A while back, I decided to give Sham's tablecloth skirt a try. I had a piece of vintage wool flannel that I thought would work quite well, and it did! You can see the post here, http://rhondabuss.blogspot.com/2013/11/fabulous-free-pattern-friday.html

Two problems, all on me. First of all I didn't do my math correctly and the waist ended up a little too large. I was able to fix the problem by adding a box pleat to the front of the skirt. The second mistake I made happened because I just didn't pay attention. Look at the center front. If I had just paid attention, I would have matched the plaid. Oh well, throw a belt over it :)

When I initially posted the skirt, I had not hemmed it. Well, it is now hemmed and I love wearing the skirt!!! 

The top is my basic t-shirt pattern. I used a wool knit for the top. The fabric has all these little see through areas and the wool was just a little itchy too, so I decided to line it with a poly knit fabric. It has a gray back ground with a black and red pattern running through out.

The necklace that I'm wearing is from this Fabulous Free Pattern Friday post, http://rhondabuss.blogspot.com/2011/11/fabulous-free-pattern-friday_25.html . The necklace is fun and easy to make.

After wearing for a bit, I've decided to take it apart and change it a little. From the point where my finger is to the fastener, I want to take out the felt strips and just have the round velvet beads to the end. It will lay a little nicer around the neck. In the past I've worn the necklace over a turtleneck and I haven't noticed the felt strips wanting to turn up, but on a t-shirt neckline it does. 

If you haven't made a tablecloth skirt yet, give it a try. They are easy to make and fun to wear. You can see an entire gallery of the skirts here, http://www.communingwithfabric.blogspot.com/p/gallery-for-garment-formerly-known-as.html