My pattern contest - part 4

Part 4 is my first muslin.


Here is a picture of my pattern. To make this, I started with my A-line skirt pattern and I

• joined the front and back skirt at the side seams
• separated off a back panel down from the back dart
• I marked a vertical line on the front panel, near the left side, for the horizontal pleats to originate from. I slashed from this line to the original right side seam.
• I slashed up the original right side seam to the start of the hip curve. I then closed the hip curve, and spread the slashes for the horizontal pleats
• I moved the left hip curve to the vertical line near the left side seam
• I put in a vertical pleat below the bottom horizontal pleat

The photos of this muslin are below. I'm not sure if there is too much of an A-line still...there seems to bit a bit of excess fabric in the side back area. I'm not sure whether to change this or not. Also, the back hangs below the front. I wonder if this is because the front is on the straight grain, whilst the sides are on the bias.

Now, should I make another muslin (probably!), or just move onto the real thing (lazy option, but very appealing)?