I volunteered to make matching skirts for all the nieces for my sisters wedding. Her colors were sage-ish and eggplant. (My mom found the cute ties for the boys... maybe I can attempt ties for the next one :) I had actually never made kid's skirts before but was really excited to try. It took a long time! With the first one, there was definitely a learning curve. Then I figured out a few things to help move the process along, but it still took many, many hours. However, I loved the result.
I think the girls felt so special in there twirly, wedding skirts!So the reason for the post now... I recently made a fun spring/summer skirt for Hannah using the same pattern. I have used a tutorial on a friends blog as my foundation for all these skirts. (She did a great job thinking of the details. Thanks Breanne!) I did make changes along the way. (I didn't use fat quarters for the wedding skirts and needed to make several adjustments for all the different sizes.) There's also a few great gathering methods I've recently learned. (One here at Gracie Lou's site. LOVE that place!)
So here's my cute Hannah in her special skirt!
I am loving sewing and have all sorts of projects I'm either in the midst of or are on my list. I just wish I could afford all the darling fabric I wanted from Gracie Lous!PS. Notice Hannah's cute curly hair? Did you ever do rag curlers when you were a kid? Or up at girls camp, like me?! My sister, Ashely, recently reminded me of that, by using socks! Here's her sock hair post. I put socks in Hannah's hair Saturday night after her bath. She thought it was so funny; however she was a little worried that she would be going to church with socks in her hair! She also wasn't quite sure about sleeping on them for a second, but again thought it was pretty special! We'll definitely be doing it again soon.
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Hannah, Hannah - you are such a cutie. I wondered if you had made her skirt from her "talk" practice. It is so cute. How many socks did you use in Hannah's hair? I don't have long socks....hmm - it's very cute though, we might have to go figure something out! Way to go on the wedding skirts too - very cute!
Very cute! I will have to try the socks for Stefani's hair since hers isn't as curly as Staci's. Love that last picture. It looks like she is saying "shhhh!"
I used 5 socks in Hannah's hair. I used mine; they weren't very long ones. (And thanks!)
Such great skirts. Thanks fr making us one. I am glad you tried out "sock hair" it looks great on Hannah!
Super cute. I am on a major sewing spree too. It is so fun to create cute things for these darling girls. There is a website called fabric.com that has good prices on the designer fabris and you can always find a coupon code for them at retailmenot.com
Those skirts are so cute. Way to go!
The skirts are WAY CUTE!!!! I'm glad I was able to help :) I love the spring one with 4 different colors!
I really need to try that sock hair on Mara. Her hair is stick straight.
And, I just read the tutorial on gathering and HOLY COW, it makes me want to make another skirt just to try it!! That will make things a whole lot easier!
I did make another skirt for Mara a month ago with a ruffle foot on my machine and it about drove me crazy. It took too much time and unpicking to make the whole skirt. So, thanks for posting the tutorial, I'm excited to try it!
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