Maternity Fashion Show

I had to do a quick rave about this awesome maternity skirt pattern I found:  Florinda Maternity skirt.

It is a simple A-line skirt which can be made with a panel, elasticized, or yoga waist. You can add a ruffle if you are the flirty, romantic type.  You can make it from fabrics that look more tailored if you are the more up-tight type, like me.  You can make it long.  You can make it short.  You can make it a slip.  Or you can buy everything and mail it to you mom like I did.  I LOVE my mom.

This is my current everyday favorite.  It is 3 layers of a gauze material over lining and has a serged hem.  Unfortunately, it shrunk a lot when I washed it, so I had to tug and iron it to make it approach what it used to be, and I think I'll still have to fix the lining.  It has a plain elastic waist (hitting right where my top stops in the pic).  Because I have this crazy gravity-defying belly, I wear a belly band just to cover my stomach. 

This is my fabulous Easter skirt.  I LOVE it.  I save it for Sundays, and since it also has a plain elastic waistband, I'll be able to wear it after the baby comes. 

This was my mom's first try.  Absolutely fabulous.
Until Fall ended and it was too hot to wear corduroy.  Sigh.  Maybe I'll get pregnant again.  

This was my one attempt, before I sent the pattern to my mom.
I wanted it to be longer that the top of my boots but cut it wrong.
If I pull it down far enough to sit where I want it to be, the panel shows beneath my shirt.  

I also have a khaki tencel twill one that I wear to American Heritage Girls.  I think it must be in the wash.  Tencel twill is more flowy than a typical twill and has a pretty sheen.  I like it.

Excuse me? You wanted to see my face? And an entire outfit? If I find my cheekbones again and a shirt that fits, I might consider it.