Picnic skirt

Today feels like summer is over before having really started up yet, so I thought it was a good time to post about this skirt.
I cut it out in September last year, sewed most of it, and abandoned it, finished except for the waistband and hem, until late this July. The sad fate of a summer project started at the end of the season!
I made it out of a tablecloth from a market stall, using this vintage pattern from a charity shop:It's view 4.
It's not the most flattering skirt I have ever made, but I think that's more than made up for by the jam jars adorning it- who needs a trim waist if they have jam!In that picture you can see the slight tulip shape on the side seams, caused by not having quite enough fabric, and laziness. I could have pieced in little godets, and done fancy plaid matching, but I decided it wasn't worth it on a skirt which is only going to get out to play a few times each year...
I also went for a handkerchief hem, on the same reasoning.
Here's a back view:
And finally- in it's natural habitat- the spread out on the park lawn! If you're going to make skirts out of picnic tablecloths, you ought to eat picnics in them!