I have wanted a maxi skirt for a while now. I tried to buy a cheapy one in Target but they didn't have the colour I wanted in my size. Then I kind of remembered I could just make one up! So here is the made-up maxi skirt: I took the leftovers of this top and this dress and decided to sew them together for a stripey pop of colour. I had to work with tiers made of whatever width remained of the fabrics (I didn't have much left) and similarly the design was somewhat dictated by which fabrics I had more or less of. Despite the restricted choices the process of making it was simple and it felt good to be thriftily using up the remains of other projects (plus I love the teal and the stripe and they worked really well together too). I just made up a rough plan as follows: Measure waist. Add a couple of inches. Divide by two and then add 1 inch (for seam allowance - 1/2 each side). This is the width of all the tier pieces except the top and bottom tiers. Not