Author: Blythe Tait

Welcome to Christina’s and Blythe’s joint post for Lush Fabrics VS Black Milk!! Black Milk is a very popular Australian clothing company which creates fashion ‘for people who like to stand out’.  Using faux leather from Lush Fabrics, Christina and Blythe took on the challenge to create a faux leather Black Milk piece each. Christina VS Black Milk This year I set myself a task of making the majority of my wardrobe (One day everything will be made by me). So when I saw this gorgeous Faux Leather Skirt by Black Milk I set out to recreate it myself. And I think my skirt is even better! Not only does it look like the BM skirt, I saved so much money by making it myself! I used gorgeous Faux Leather fabric from Lush Fabrics Australia. As there wasn’t much stretch to the fabric (slight two way stretch) I decided to treat it like woven fabric. I started searching for patterns and found I already had the perfect pattern in my HUGE stash of patterns. The Ladies Circle Skater Skirt by Pattern Emporium. I was initially going to add a zip like the BM skirt, but I was very hesitant to iron the fabric, which I’d need to do when adding a zip. In the end, I decided there was enough stretch and room in the skirt to make it...