Finished Object (finally!) - Yellow Pleated Skirt

I have completed my first item in my Colette Patterns Spring Palette Challenge capsule wardrobe, it's a simple pleated yellow skirt, in cotton. I didn't use a pattern, I just made a mark every three inches along my fabric and went from there.

Overall I'm quite pleased with it, in reality it's a much brighter yellow, but the lighting in these photos is terrible, so awful that my knees look purple!

I feel embarrassed about posting this picture because it looks like I'm flashing or showing my underwear, but really this is just an extra skirt with an elastic waistband that I made to make the skirt more opaque and a bit pouffier. 

But I think it also looks nice flattened down a bit.

Now, I had serious trouble with the zipper:

It sticks out like a sore thumb. Its too long and I put it in by hand, I also don't really know how to put a zip into a pleated skirt and make it invisible. If anyone knows if there's a tutorial out there I would be really grateful for a link.

This is a photo of my new top (it goes with my spring palette), I wish I had made it myself. Maybe I'll try to copy it.

And lastly, it is absolutely essential that I end the post like every other blogger that makes a full skirt; with a twirl!