Sick Day...

Today I was at home with a cold, so I took this opportunity to catch up on some sewing and blogging!

First up, I have some photos of a quilt that I created for my mom at Christmas this past year. I used a pattern called Scandinavian Snowball Fun by Lynette Anderson. I love her designs, and so does my local quilt store. They had kits with this pattern so I credit them with choosing the coordinating fabrics. I love how this turned out, even though my embroidery is a little crooked in places.

This is the second quilt I've ever made!

Putting the lights on the tree...

Riding in a sleigh... (sorry this one is a little blurry!)

On the way to school... my favorite one

Back of the quit

I used fabric scraps from the quilt for the applique for the snowballs, which was hard for me because it was my first time doing applique and I'm sure I wasn't using the most efficient technique. Nevertheless, I love it, and so does my mom :)

My niece turned 3 last week, and so I made her one of these simple skirts. For the full tutorial, see this blog tutorial, I have summarized what I've done below.

Supplies:

• Thick elastic band for waist. This was for a smallish 3 year old with a waist of 17 inches, so I bought an 18 inch elastic.
• Cute fabric. I used a square approximately 13'' long and 28'' wide. This was a little big for my niece, but I just folded the waistband over on her so she can grow into it. If you have a child, try measuring a skirt that they already own and approximate the length from there. Sorry I'm not more help!

Found this cute fabric on clearance at Fabricland, and my niece LOVES Yo Gabba Gabba.

So I cut out a square approx 13'' long and 28'. I folded over and ironed a seam on the bottom of the rectangle, approx 1/2'' wide.

 

Picture trying to show how I folded over the bottom seam

Stitching the seam down, approx 1/8'' from the folded edge

seam after sewing

Then I sewed up the side to create a tube... (no photo of this step). I stitched the elastic waistband, then pinned it in 4 places onto the fabric skirt. As I sewed, I stretched the fabric to make it fit the circumference of the fabric tube. Here's what it looks like when it's done: 

Finished skirt

Zoomed in on elastic waist.

Here she is modeling the finished product. It's a little big, as I mentioned I had to fold the waist over... If I made this again, I would make a longer rectangle, maybe 32'' and cut it so it flares out a little at the bottom, and add some lace to make it extremely girly.

And finally, here's some fabric I recently picked up... I can't wait to get started on this!!

Thanks for reading! ~knittypie