My ex-favourite skirt just became favourite again
![My ex-favourite skirt just became favourite again Cloth Kits red skirt](https://lizhaywood.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/My-ex-favourite-skirt-just-became-favourite-again-Cloth-Kits-red-skirt-1024x768.jpg)
Some time ago I went through a phase of using cotton fabric for skirt linings. I made three skirts this way: a dark brown corduroy skirt I wore for Me-Made-May, a long grey wool skirt also worn for Me-Made-May and a red corduroy Clothkits skirt.
I thought a cotton lining would make the skirts warmer and more comfortable, but it was a fanciful notion. The problem was that I wear tights with all three of these skirts and the cotton lining sticks to the tights so the skirt doesn’t hang smoothly. As I walk the skirt bunches around my legs.
![My ex-favourite skirt just became favourite again Cloth Kits red birdie skirt](http://lizhaywood.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/My-ex-favourite-skirt-just-became-favourite-again-Cloth-Kits-red-birdie-skirt-300x225.jpg)
The red Clothkits skirt was a special favourite and I loved wearing it, either with a black top or a red floral shirt. Every time I wore it someone gave me a compliment.
The Clothkits skirt came as a kit with a specially designed screen printed panel, thread and zip. It was an expensive skirt due to the exchange rate and shipping to this antipodean island. I enjoyed making it and choosing a pretty cotton lining.
Unfortunately, when I washed the skirt (in cold water, line dried) it shrank (as corduroy tends to) by a couple of centimetres. I had to hem the cotton lining higher to stop it showing. I found myself being a tiny bit less in love with the new length skirt, made worse by my foolish lining choice.
However, I’ve just unpicked the cotton skirt lining and replaced it with what I should have used in the first place – red satin. The slightly shorter length doesn’t matter as much now that the skirt sits smoothly when I wear it. I wouldn’t have fixed it had I not liked this skirt so much.
![My ex-favourite skirt just became favourite again before and after](http://lizhaywood.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/My-ex-favourite-skirt-just-became-favourite-again-before-and-after-300x121.jpg)
Before and after skirt lining. It pained me to unpick that beautiful pattern matching (that no-one ever sees anyway).
Lessons learned the hard way.
Cheers!