Sweet skirt June Week 2

So, not a whole set but I already have a top that goes with this (not the one in the picture I couldn't find it and I'm impatient)  so why make things more difficult?  I got this fabric ages ago in Japan and I knew kind of what I wanted to do with it but never got around to it.

I apologize for the wrinkles but I'm still currently sans iron so it will have to do for now.

 It came in a strip with three of these lovely fan designs on it so the easiest thing to do was to take advantage of those predestined sections and make a sweet skirt.  I briefly considered a dress like thing but just no.  I had to get lining for it because crazy thin + white = just not something I'm looking to share with the locals.  I was really excited to find the exact kind of fabric (mostly polyester with some rayon) at the fabric store.  I was also really excited that I went (for the first time since Thanksgiving) for one thing and I left with just that one thing.  Also, I had a coupon so it didn't sting quite as much. 

I didn't use a pattern for this one because it was really just fusing the pieces in a decent place and making a waistband which isn't really all that hard.  Just time consuming.  I forgot how long it takes to get a waistband like that in place...

ta daaaaaa

....and this boys and girls, is why we always use our tools in the way they were intended.  For the record, rotary cutters don't make good seam rippers.  At least I somehow got a moustache out of it...

myfm ~ I heard this at work this morning and it's so sweet.  Emmylou - First Aid Kit