Fantastic skirt pattern for all year round

The Estuary skirt by Sew Liberated is one of my favourite skirt patterns. The instructions are great, making it a lot of fun to sew.  The design of the skirt is so effective and it is one of those fantastic garments that you can wear across all seasons.

The Estuary skirt is a gathered waist skirt with a button down front.  One of the lovely features of the skirt is the waistband, which is elasticated at the back.  This waistband makes it really comfy and it also means the button down placket can be a faux placket – no sewing buttonholes needed!

The skirt has two pocket options: a feature patch pocket with a lovely slanting detail, and a classic in-seam pocket.  It is designed as a midi length skirt but can easily be made shorter or longer (bear in mind that you will need more fabric if you decide to go longer).

For my version I decided to make a mini skirt version of the Estuary skirt in this lovely cotton ikat fabric.  I opted for in-seam pockets and I decided to omit the button placket completely.  To do this, I just cut two of the back skirt pattern pieces (one for the front and one for the back) and I cut the front waistband as one piece too, omitting the extra seam allowance built into the front waistband pattern pieces for the button placket.

I made a size 0 –  I decided on the size based on my waist size and then sized down one size to make sure the skirt fit snugly (there’s still a bit of wiggle room on the final skirt fit when you insert the elastic).  There is plenty of volume in the skirt itself so there’s plenty of room around the hips.

I  think this skirt will work well in winter with a pair of tights and a cosy jumper, or in summer with a pair of flip flops and a summery top.  What a great skirt pattern, it will definitely be on my pattern repeat list.