Sewing Indie Month, Pattern Hacking

Oh...I had the best of intentions yesterday, but alas no post, so today is catch up day.
The pattern that I chose for this week's hack is the Zlata Skirt from Stepalica Patterns.
 
You may remember seeing a version of the skirt on the cover of the April/May issue of Sew News. Nice!

Here's my version. You may look at the skirt and wonder what I did. Notice that I used 2 different fabrics, the larger polka dot and the small polka dot. The pattern instructs you to not use a stripe as the skirt pattern has a bias cut to it. In order to give the skirt a striped effect,  

I cut the pattern apart along the fold lines of each pleat,

 added seam allowance and then cut my strips in a stripe manner.

I had this great batik print that I decided would accent the black and white polka dots in a little unexpected manner.

I made piping and piped the top and lower edge of the yoke,

 as well as the pockets.

I had just enough of the batik to cut a bias binding for the hem.

I lined the skirt with a piece of orange silk.

Now you see that just because a pattern tells you that you can't do something, it doesn't mean that it can't be done. True enough, if you were to use a stripe fabric and cut the skirt as the pattern comes out of the envelope, it would not work. But by cutting the pattern apart, you can then manipulate the pattern and give it so many more possibilities.

I'm wearing the skirt today, so I should have pictures a little later.

If you would like to enter and have a chance to win all the fabulous prizes that have been posted for the pattern hacking category of Sewing Indie Month, be sure to check out this post, http://www.rhondabuss.blogspot.com/2014/05/announcing-sewing-indie-month.html  and link your creations there. Happy Hacking!!