As you may know, I’m really trying to make at least one item from my BurdaStyle magazines each month. It can be anything, I just want to use these patterns. So for the month of February I decided to make 02/2018 #115 cargo skirt. I really liked it in the magazine, but since I decided at the last minute to make this, I had to order the snaps and wait for them to arrive (only took a few days). But I had completed everything up to that point of putting in the snaps.

Here is the picture of the skirt from the magazine .

I really like the print and casual style of this. But because I am also wanting to use the fabric that I have, I used an ivory colored heavy-weight linen for mine.

Mine actually came out more “formal” looking than I intended, but I like this fabric. It’s a good weight for this skirt so it hangs nicely. I would like to make this in a more casual fabric like in the magazine picture.

I also added hem allowance which I think might be included in the BurdaStyle magazine patterns. I couldn’t remember and didn’t bother to check but I also think that this is a good length for me. If I do make this in a more casual-style fabric, I may make it a bit shorter.

As you can see from this picture, the skirt has snaps in the front.

Honestly for this skirt, I did not use all of the snaps that the pattern says to use. After putting these on the front, I had had enough! Snaps are cute and a nice change, but they are also a pain to install (at least for me). So , I didn’t put the snaps on the pockets like the instructions recommend. Now having said that, I do like having the snaps here. They blend in very well and it’s just something different from buttons.

So now I’m off to go work on some more wardrobe staples that I could really use (this skirt is one of them).  I’m working on planning some things for Spring. It may not look like it in these pictures, but it was about 35 degrees outside. I was freezing! But I know Spring will be here before I know it, so I want to get ready.

Have fun sewing everyone!