Review: New Look 6107 | Going Baroque for a Pencil Skirt!

Go me, it's my birthday!!!

Another trend I decided to embrace this season is the "Baroque & Brocade" trend.  This isn't my first time creating a brocade garment.  Remember Vogue 8333, that I made 2 years ago?  That blazer will definitely be in rotation this season!

I saw this brocade fabric in Jo-Anns and decided that it had to come home with me.  And all week long, my mojo was pretty depleted.  So I needed an "instant gratification" project to get the juices flowing.  And what better than a pencil skirt.  

I decided to use New Look 6107.  I had decided that I wanted to add colorful pencil skirts (a la J. Crew No. 2) to my wardrobe.  So I took this pattern and tweaked it to my specifications.

I cut view D, and added an inch to the length.  I also pegged the hem of the skirt by removing an four inches (an inch per seam allowance).  The rule I followed is that the hem should be 4 inches less than the widest point of the hip.  

Such a great and simple project!