Hitting the runway

I signed up for a sewing class at church, partly because I got a sewing machine for Christmas (though I haven't threaded one in the last decade) and partly because I needed something to do to keep me from distracting Ryan from studying. (Study time? I think you mean movie time...)

So here's the pattern for a simple summer skirt:

**Note the "easy" on the top right. Sold me.

And here's the fabric:

courtesy of my mother-in-law :)

As a side note, I was browsing through the patterns and came across Project Runway-inspired patterns. They're actually pretty interesting.

So I was flipping through the patterns when I came across this one.

Anyone else remember April from ANTM? Cycle 2 or something? Looks like she didn't need to win after all! I mean, who needs a Cover Girl contract when you can be a sewing-pattern-cover cover girl? Right?