 Together Revealed Day! This month everyone, including myself, worked on the free pocket skirt in Peppermint Magazine. The pattern was designed by Thread Theory and features a relaxed midi silhouette, a flattering gathered waistband, and oversized just-in-case panel pockets. I challenge myself with these monthly makes to use a fabric from my stash and I have been holding on to this variegated striped linen for years. I got it from Grayline Linen in New York City's Garment District way back in 2017. I feel certain that they wouldn't have this anymore, but they do sell online and they have great quality linen fabrics. The fabric featured stripes in three distinct colors and I knew I needed to play around with that placement sum. So I decided to run one color up the center front and then that same color up the center back and then place each of the other colors on the side panels kind of lining up the stripes through the pocket seams. I didn't have enough fabric, enough length of the fabric to cut the full length of the skirt as it was designed in the pink stripe. In order to get the pink stripe centered, I ended up having to shorten the skirt by nine inches and then I thought that the skirt was too short and I really did want the midi length so I ended up adding back a six inch kind of hem band running the stripe in the opposite direction also in the alternate colors. So from the front you can see all three colors of stripes. I'm thrilled with how the stripe placement turned out. I love that you can see all three colors from the front in some way whether it's a small bit of the blue or the green across the bottom or the pink up the front. It really does highlight how unique and special this fabric is and then when you turn to the back obviously you get a little bit more of the blue than the yellow and the green and that's just you know it's just visually interesting 360 degrees around because it's so asymmetrical and because the stripes you know aren't lined up perfectly with the side of my body because the left side is different than the right side you know it just provides a whole lot of interest all the way around which I really really love. Fitting this pattern is super super simple the waist is really the only fitted part of the skirt and because that is finished with elastic you can really adjust it as much or as little as you need. The hip has double digits of wearing ease like it's just a very voluminous skirt so fitting this is just as easy as as easy as it gets really. You just make sure the elastic fits your waist pick a size that's close to your measurements on the chart and you are good to go it's really kind of hard to screw up the fitting on this skirt. I love the super wide waistband of this skirt pattern for a loose fitting skirt like this it really anchors the skirt and balances out the kind of billowing him with. And these pockets you guys I haven't tried yet but I'm pretty sure I could fit honey in one of them they are so big but this is what makes this skirt so unique and unlike anything else in my wardrobe. One thing I do also want to point out about the design is that the pockets actually you know they go around the side of your body they're actually a little bit more toward the front than they are the back I think that creates a really beautiful line I think it actually reduces some of the width on the true side of your body. I know you're probably looking at the skirt and thinking oh my goodness that adds so much width to your hip and your thighs but I think that whereas that is true because they're a little bit more toward the front it kind of provides almost a little bit of an illusion where yes there are pockets and they are baggy and they stick out from the body but it doesn't really apply to your body's size. I feel really comfortable in this skirt I don't feel like it's something that makes me look you know bigger than I am or anything like that it just has this really interesting design detail and that is what it is it belongs to the skirt and not to my body so I really like that about the design. The skirt really is the perfect casual relaxed easy skirt I know I'll be grabbing over and over again all spring and summer long. I've paired mine today with a ready to wear crop top but I have a Helen's closet ashton top or I think it's called the ashton crop cut out of the same linen to make a matching set so stay tuned for that video but that is going to do it for me today thank you so much for watching I will see you all very soon bye