Solution in stripes

I’m surprised someone didn’t comment on the inside of the skirt (New Look 6433) hanging up on Friday.  I was quite sure that you would have noticed the impending problem.  After I tried it on, I realized that oops…since the back hem is (purposefully) longer than the front…well, the inside shows. :doh:  I was starting to think that this skirt was just not meant to be.  Then I had an idea (one that I am sure will make experienced sewers cringe).  I had just enough fabric left to cut another back flounce (albeit in two pieces) and somehow get it on the inside without destroying the whole skirt.  My original (stupid) plan was to whip stitch the edges together by hand.  Then it dawned on me that I didn’t have to rip the WHOLE hem (no way I was going through doing the whole thing over…it took me several tries to get the hang of the blind hem) so I just ripped the back part of the hem,  sewed in the new flounce with right sides facing then ironed and folded it up and attached it to the inside seams.  Voila!  Not the perfect solution, but at least it makes it wearable!   

This is such a cute skirt and I would love to make it again (especially now that I know what I’m doing) but it had this annoying habit of riding up all day as I wore it.  It is supposed to fit an inch below the waist but it just wont’ stay put.  Maybe it has something to do with shortening it?  Oh and sorry for the headless picture (I know that really bothers some people) but I was looking very grumpy.  I don’t know why…I had a cute new skirt to wear and lunch at Cheesecake Factory with Jim.  What could be better than that (except maybe some new shoes and 568 pounds of cashmere yarn)?  (I don’t think there were quite enough parenthesis in this post…do you?)