Bandana Skirt--view 2

My friend Kristina (check out Vintage Couture on FB) makes the coolest stuff.  Once she made me a skirt like this.  I still wear it & get compliments all the time.  THANKS KRISTINA!!  She has made me 2 of my favorite pieces in my wardrobe.

Bee was at a VBS this week and the theme was Sonshine Harvest.  They wore bandanas everyday to denote which group they were in.  Bee was a grape.  Yes, a purple bandana!  I figured she needed a bandana skirt to sport at VBS.  Okay, "need" would be the wrong word.  I figured it would be "fun" to make a skirt for her.  Let's just say Kristina is much better at constructing these adorable skirts.  Sadly, my first try left something to be desired in the construction, not to mention it was a tad on the small side.

I cut Bug a skirt at the same time.  The construction of her skirt was quite good, if I do say so myself.  However, it is a bit too small as well. This is what I get for bad math.  And sewing after the girls are in bed.

 (Bug's skirt!)

 (Yes, I'm proud that it lined up so nicely!  I'm usually so bad in the details.)

I'll work on a tutorial.  After I figure out the math.  :)  Maybe by then I can make compound sentences as well.  I'm lacking sleep.

The Simple Skirt

My grandma gave me a bunch of awesome 70's fabric!

I'm not super sure what I'm going to do with all of it, but I decided to start with a simple skirt for Bug.  The pattern fits her personality and I'm super excited to put it on her tomorrow morning!  I think I'll stick the tutorial on thinkcraft.com.  I'll let you know when it posts!

In the meantime, I'm hoping to get a lot of inspiration from Project Runway for the rest of the fabric.  More on PR to come . . .

What's New

I'm always busy.  I love the down-times!  I love being at home!

In less than 2 weeks, I'll be taking part in selling at an Open House--Holiday Gift Bazaar, which means I have to get into gear and start working like mad (instead of posting blogs.  Uh-oh.) I have been sewing a lot more lately, both making stuff to sell and stuff for my pattern making class!

Here's what I'm working on:

Cute fleece hats (selling for $8)

Pleated 3/4 Circle skirt for my pattern making class

Pretty Place mats!