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.
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| This is the second quilt I've ever made! |
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| Putting the lights on the tree... |
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| Riding in a sleigh... (sorry this one is a little blurry!) |
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| On the way to school... my favorite one |
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| 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!
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| 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.
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| Picture trying to show how I folded over the bottom seam |
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| Stitching the seam down, approx 1/8'' from the folded edge |
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| 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:
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| Finished skirt |
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| 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
