Halloween skirt

I was recently given a boat load of assorted fabric from a very dear Aunt.  I have no idea what I'm going to do with most of it, but one fabric stood out and HAD to get worked on immediately.  The Halloween fabric!  It was given to me on September 28th - a short month before the actual holiday - so I started working on it on the 29th.  It was just enough fabric to make an adorable little skirt for Claire.  All I did was sew two pieces together (front and back), serge all the edges, roll up and sew the hem, create a casing for waistband elastic, and sew.  The next day I paired it with an equally festive shirt, black tights and black shoes for a day of fun at the playground and park.



this is the waistband.  I did a topstitch 1/8" from the top, then I did a thick stitch at the bottom of the elastic casing.



I did a double stitch around the hem

here you can see the inside of the hem (vertical on the left) and the inside of the side seam (horizontal center)

I admit it's hardly playground attire, but I just had to have her wear it, and I knew she'd be just fine.

bag refashioned into a skirt

 

claire's birthday outfit

Back in March my daughter turned 1.  It happened much quicker than I would have liked, but it happened nonetheless.  I decided to make her an outfit for her party.  I'd seen those birthday shirts and onesies around on the internet - you know, the ones with their age on the front.  I decided why not.  Her party was a luau theme so I chose a bright hibiscus print.  I used this circle skirt tutorial to make the skirt.  I used my wonderful serger to do a rolled hem around the bottom with contrasting thread rather than a traditional hem.  I also dabbled with this dying elastic tutorial, but I couldn't get the color just right, so I went with white.  For the top I simply printed a "1" from the computer (from word), cut it out, traced it on my fabric, and sewed it to the onesie.  I knew I should have used 'heat n bond' but I was lazy and didn't.  USE IT!  The "1" started fraying right away!  In addition to her age, I cut out a couple of the hibiscus' from the left over fabric and I sewed them on to the shoulders of the onesie, just for some added detail.  Being March there was still a chill in the air so I threw some tights on her legs and she was good to go!  It was a great party!!!  5 months later and she still wears the skirt.