Cascade Skirt: a cape for your bottom

My delightful sister gifted me the Megan Nielsen Cascade Skirt as a Valentines day/time off work present. She bought the paper pattern from Indie Stitches (because I keep harping on about them!). Valentines afternoon I went to Darn Cheap and found this floaty slippery soft pinkish fabric with blue 80's inspired splotches and lines. Perfect for the Cascade Skirt AND a contribution to Blue February. 

I set to work tracing the pattern at social sewing which took all of ten minutes. There are only three pattern pieces! But, the skirt pieces are huge and took up a good 3m of fabric. I cut a medium with the extra long waist ties. 

From cutting out the fabric to completing the skirt the project only took a couple of hours. But I spent a good hour or two in between figuring out how to use my rolled hem foot and procrastinating. The very kind Renee photographed and emailed me some instructions, what a gem! Using this special foot was such a time saver, but my fabric was pretty slippery and I need practice so my hem is far from perfect. Otherwise, the skirt was a breeze to put together. I made up the pattern as instructed.

I've been wanting to make this skirt for a while but it is quite different to my usual style (or lack there of). Not to mention the fabric is pretty out there. I was stoked when I realised that my skirt goes perfectly (imo) with my favorite brown strapy wedges. I will be entering this little skirt/shoe combo in the Project Sewn 'If the shoe fits' sew-along challenge. 

The skirt is SO fun to wear! It is so full and floaty. Tim was rather amused at me running around our unit last night looking back at my skirt tail floating around like a cape. I declared this skirt a cape for my butt.

I'll be sure to make this skirt again. Next time I'll modify the length to be shorter in the back for a less dramatic cape-like skirt. Okay, one more photo of the shoe-skirt combo.