He is risen! And so is the Easter fashion. Living in the South you realize how big "Easter fashion"is. Its so big its comical. But not judgement right, all to the glory of the Lord.  Depending on which church you attend you will see all the "what is what" in church fashion. Fortunately I attend a church that is quite diverse with people coming from different backgrounds and so you can choose to dress up or dress down.

I decided to step it up a notch and do an African Maxi skirt that is still trending y'all. People don't seem to be getting tired of these skirts. Not a bad thing though. Skirt pattern was self drafted and a pain to sew LOL.

My look

Its supposed to be spring but we got a sudden dip in temperatures. Not "cool"!

It was a busy weekend for me and I had been invited to go to a birthday party.  I had planned on wearing a skirt, but with the change in weather I figured that might not be the best choice so I decided on a jacket instead. I took out my tried and trusted McCall's pattern 6884 and whipped this Jacket just in time for the party. The pattern calls for a jersey knit but I used a woven cotton African print. And the last time I used the size that corresponds to me It was a little big, so I put this in mind since this fabric was not a stretch fabric.

Notice the bright colors? Well since the weather was tripping, I decided maybe I should do something bright to give me that "Springy" feel.

I love that the Dashiki print is so popular but I kind of have some OCD about how people align it.  I am really trying to think of ways to use this fabric so that it aligns right and is still stylish. Anyways this was what I came with. I used Vogue pattern V8897 for the  tunic.

Let me know if there are ideas you come across that could help.

So I finally got around to  making the circle skirt seen on Angela Simmons and Nicey Nash.

I loved the bold floral print and the flow of the skirt. The fabric a Scuba/ Neoprene was extremely hard to find, believe me I searched high and low, so I settled for a medium weight woven poly cotton Fabric that I stumbled across and snagged at Hancock fabrics in the value section.

 Although it didn't have the texture scuba fabric has, I worked my way around that by adding a petticoat that I made to give the skirt a lift. I love how it came out and just in time for spring. How did I do?