FILLING IN THE BLANK WITH NO. #2 PENCIL...

...during the Thanksgiving holiday I had visions of whipping up two pencil skirts and another retro knit dress.  Howbeit, I sew much slower in reality than I do in my mind, so I was only able to finish the leopard print pencil skirt and start on the second one.  Thus the name no. 2 pencil.  Love the term and wish I had thought of it, but I'm borrowing it from J.Crew.  I did finish the skirt last night however.

I've had this picture from an old Coldwater Creek  catalog on my inspiration board for a while, and really wanted to create this look. 

I searched my internet fabric sources for a salt and pepper tweed and couldn't fine what I wanted anywhere.  Then I turned to my stash and what to my wandering eyes did appear?, but a reasonable facsimile - I think it was donated by Ebony awhile ago.  The fabric is a wool blend, and the skirt is fully lined.  I used TNT McCall's  3830 view c that I've probably made up 5 or 6 times previously. 

The skirt is easy to make up, only four pattern pieces and it fits like a glove.  The very best thing about finishing a project besides wearing it - is STARTING MY NEXT PROJECT...