My husband has been throwing out a lot of his old dress shirts, so I snatched them up and played around with the fabric they had to offer me.
Here is the first skirt I made. (My favorite of the two)
Then I sewed the fabric strips on.
I had initially put a zipper on the side of the skirt so that it would be more fitted, but when I tried it on Audrey I realized why elastic was invented. Little girls don’t have the lovely hips that we women have. Without those awesome hips (ha! I am trying to be positive about them……really) the fitted skirt had a really hard time staying up. So I ripped out the zipper and put in an elastic waist band.
These skirts were so simple to make and a lot of fun to experiment with.
I am kind of on a flower kick, so that was my finishing touch. :)
Happy sewing!!
2 comments:
Love, love there skirts. Why don't you come make some for my girls? I I know you have oodles of free time. Ha, year right. I would need to invest in a surger, but I think I'd need to actually sew stuff first. Which comes first - sewing or surger? I guess I can just hem it all, but the surger marks add cute detail.
Surgers are a gift from heaven. Heming and turning fabric under take so much time. I can make something with a surger that would take me much more time without.
You can come over ANY time and sew with me. Then you can see if you want a surger or not. :)
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