Tengo Miedo.

...which means, "I'm scared."  What frightens me, you ask?  This gorgeous fabric and what I am about to do with it.  It's Australian merino gaberdine and it's so silk you would think it's silk and not wool.  It's the single most expensive cut of fabric I have purchased and it is soon going to be a black A-line skirt that will no doubt be my favorite black skirt ever - or at least that's what my goal is.  The story behind this is that I (like most women I know) have been on the hunt for that perfect black skirt.  The one that you can wear most all of the year that looks great with sandals or boots or tights, flatters my figure, can be worn casual or dressy and will be my new best friend.  I actually had a skirt like that about 10 years ago when I was first entering the professional world. It was a Liz Claiborne black wool pleated skirt.

My fear is that I might just mess it all up.  As soon as I cut into it I am committed.  Yikes.  I have the pattern planned in my head (it starts with a favorite A-line skirt to which I have added a waistband idea and a longer length).  If it all works out as planned I might even make it into a tutorial about making a skirt as I have made several figure flattering A-line skirts from a pattern I made from one I own. 

I can't cut into it just yet as I have a few custom orders I need to make an deliver.