Now you know the deep, dark history of this fantastic piece of material... ;)
This was a two-day project. One for the machine work and one for the hand work. If I had gotten started earlier in the day, I could have done it all in one day, but I took my time and didn't rush myself.
Construction Point: The Front Pleats
This is the most time-consuming and tedious part about making this skirt...
Construction Point: The Waistband
I have a proportionally narrow waist to my hips, so garments that fit my hips are generally too big in the waist. I had an idea, spawned by a post-construction "tack-job" I did on the waistband of the last one of these skirts I made. A curved dart: