I recently made this very simple skirt pattern for a visiting friend; very confident that she matched the size 12 pieces and pinned the pattern pieces on her to be really sure.  The paper skirt looked great.  The bias cut skirt, on the otherhand was too small and made her look like she had swallowed a basketball or was about 6 months along!  I used the correct cutting & stitching lines and also used what I had learned in a recent fitting class re measuring, etc.  I was shocked about the fit and still am.  Looking back, I needed to make an adjustment for a slightly protruding tummy but I feel that the bias cut fabric might have something to do with the fit as well.  My friend is from Phoenix and I live in Winnipeg, Canada, so I bought enough of the fabric to make us each another skirt (we’d never end up wearing it at the same time) and I’m determined to get this right.  Other than going up one size and making the tummy adjustment, do you have any idea what’s going on with this fabric & pattern?  The fabric is a woven polyester dress weight. I don’t have experience sewing with bias cut fabric and I never dreamed that I would have a problem with this simple pattern!