• My projects,  Sewing

    Summer Zinnias and Mélilot aka my trusted pattern friends

    I have mentioned that I like the Colette Zinnia skirt pattern very much and that I have made it four times. (Check the two other times here and here.) Thus far, I haven’t had time to take proper images of the two summer ones but here they are at last with a green Mélilot blouse as a bonus! The first Zinnia has been made of slightly stretchy cotton sateen with a very colourful funky print. I didn’t stitch the pleats closed at the hips but otherwise I followed the pattern. Here is the same skirt from the back. A sharp-eyed person may notice that I missed one belt loop when…