Second skirt

I successfully made another skirt out of silk using the same pattern I used to make this skirt. I really liked how it turned out. I will be giving it to my sister for her birthday present tonight.



I have another yard of fabric to make another one, this time in polka dots. And I will definitely be keeping that one :)

A Fun Spring Skirt

I've been wanting to make some new skirts for quite a while now (most of the ones I currently own I've had since high school). I found this really easy tutorial and tried it out. The pattern suggested using a lighter fabric for the skirt, and doing it in two layers. I had a bunch of thicker cotton that I got from my mom, so I used that. Instead of making it with two layers, I just cut it down to one.

I had some "help" measuring the fabric.

To make up for the top of the skirt requiring two layers, I took a small strip and sewed that to the top of the skirt piece. This way I could create the elastic casings, but be able to skip out on all the bulk.

Here's how it turned out!!

It's very full, haven't quite figured out what to wear with it yet, but it's very fun and perfect for spring (if it ever gets here). Threading all the elastic through all the casings took awhile, and made for some sore thumbs, but once I started doing it I figured out a method. All-in-all, not too bad. And it's with an easy to wear elastic waist (and no zippers to sew!!). I intend to try out this pattern again using a silk-like fabric in the near future.

Dress for friends' wedding

Madelyn was in our friends' wedding this last weekend. All the little girls (there were 6 girls, 8 kids all together) were supposed to wear a white dress with a blue ribbon around the waist. I bought this dress off of eBay, and did some altering.

I took off the pink bow, which was sewn into the side of the seam. Once I took it out, I had to sew it back up. I used my seam ripper to take off the pink ruffle along the bottom, then hemmed the layer. I wrapped the blue ribbon around the waist and sewed it onto the sides of the new dress, and tied it into a bow in the back.

I might leave the ribbon on, I like the blue and white combination, or I might end up changing it if Madelyn wears this for my sister's wedding.

New Dress for Madelyn

I bought this pattern during a 99 cent Simplicity pattern sale at Joann's awhile back.

I got the fabric on clearance at Craft Warehouse. Yesterday I finally got the chance (and motivation) to put it together. I was very happy with how it turned out. I'm still not sure how the sizing for kids go, I made this one in size 1, and even took it in a little on the sides, but it still turned out pretty big. Oh well, at least she can wear it for awhile.

I hadn't intended to make the dress with the ruffles on the neck and sleeves, but I didn't follow the directions correctly and made them anyway. But I'm glad I did, because I like how they turned out.

I love the back view with the tiers of the dress. I just might have to make another one of these, or another variant of the pattern. It was pretty easy, and I only had to use my seam ripper once!!