Sunday Sewin' Milestones

Ladies and gentlemen, your attention, please. I made that skirt. The one answering the door. It started out as a square of fabric but it's been transformed into a fully wearable, not hideous garment. With a zipper. A ZIPPER. As if that isn't exciting enough, I also sewed my first set of darts. Besides a couple patches of crooked stitching, I'm feeling pretty good about skirt #1. Compared to my expectations, it's the Paul Bunyan of skirts. (That's a good thing.)

Or at least it was, until I realized that I had whipped together a piece of clothing that's too small for me. As you can see, it clearly doesn't fit my purple doppelganger. (I thought we'd all feel better about putting Paula the dressform through this kind of public humiliation rather than forcing you all to look my ass unsuccessfully crammed into it. You're welcome.)
So anyway, I'm aiming to give it to someone who can squeeze their buns into it. It's a heavy-ish twill, guessing around a size six, and has some great darts. Some of the best darts I've ever seen. The Swiss Family Robinson of darts. Someone take the skirt. Please.

Skirt pattern from this handy little book.