This skirt became too small, but I liked the color and fabric so I decided to upsize and refashion it.

Originally, the skirt was plain apricot-colored without the rose-colored fabric strips. Because the skirt fabric is made of such an unusual fabric – with some metal content, lightweight but stiff, rustly and with a kind of ‘matte sheen’ – I searched long for a matching fabric and thought I’d find none. 😉

But then I noticed that I already had the perfect fabric: some leftovers from my 1920s raincoat. I hadn’t much left from the raincoat and cloche hat, so I’d to piece the scraps together I added the fabric strips along the curved side seams and at the hip part of the skirt. To upsize the underskirt I used scraps of orange-colored taffeta lining fabric. Now I even like the skirt better than before! 😀