I had a couple of yards of really cool fabric left over after I made a couple of these bags, and it was slated to become a shirt for Liza. That is, it was until I found directions on making a forehead-slappingly-simple skirt from a minimal amount of fabric. Less than an hour later, we could be all matchy-matchy.
This took close to two yards, mainly because my thighs are long and my knees are ugly, so I wanted the hem to fall below the knee. I needed the extra yardage because I couldn't just cut the fabric in half and use it that way. I ended up cutting it at about 30" or so, and using a very wide casing for the elastic at the top (because all I had was some that was leftover from making Jason a pair of boxers a decade ago). I hemmed the bottom by double-folding it and stitching it down. Liza's uses all of the extra fabric from my skirt, so it's a lot fuller than mine. And the elastic is loose enough that she'll be able to wear it until she's in middle school.Easy peasy.
Now I just need to refrain from buying two yards of every fabric I think is cool over at Joann's, and I'll be alright. Maybe I've got enough of that linen left over from making a dress years ago ... guess I'll be digging that box out later tonight ...
Did you drag your sleeping child in to your room with you to photograph and dress in this matching outfit thingy?? :)
ReplyDeleteActually, she's dead in that picture - holding her up with one arm was a bitch.
ReplyDeleteOkay, you got me. She really was protesting the fact that I made her wait for 45 seconds before I fetched her a drink ... that, and she gets really tired in the afternoons but refuses to nap.