Today I made an elastic waist skirt with pockets using a tutorial I saw on Freshly Picked. Overall the skirt is easy but I did have two issues with my skirt.

1) It is really really hard to sew 60 inches of fabric onto 30 inches of elastic. You have to keep stretching and pulling while sewing and it can be difficult if you are doing it alone. I had to get Bryan to hold my sewing machine so it wouldn't slide away.

2) My pockets. When I was cutting the pockets they looked big enough but once I got them on the skirt I realized I couldn't fit my whole hand in. Next time I'll make sure to make bigger pockets. :)

Supplies: 1 yard of fabric and 30 inches of 2 inch elastic

Time: 3 hours (I haven't hemmed the skirt yet)

Cost: $10

I figured I might have issues with this skirt so I bought a cheap fabric to figure everything out on. Next week I'm going to sew a better version of this with an Amy Butler fabric I bought today at The Needle Shop. Hopefully the next one will have bigger pockets.

 My Amy Butler fabric: