Friday, June 08, 2007

Milly's latest twirly skirt

Finished this skirt for little Milly Moo a few days ago. I had the bits cut out ages ago but lacked the oomph to sew them together (blame it on the log cabins!) Thats one thing I love about sewing clothes for the girls, can finish a project in a day as opposed to quilts taking weeks. I thought I'd be a bit different and sew the second tier with the overlocked edges on the outside as I have seen a few kids skirts in the shops done this winter. So I did that and it just looked horrible, very tacky! So I unpicked it all and sewed it overlocked edges in and it looked better.

As usual though I battled to get a picture of her standing still wearing it, here she is climbing over the edge of Grace's bed trying to get away from me and the camera!

8 comments:

Natalie said...

Glad to see I'm not the only one who has trouble getting photos of the boys (I usually have to take 20+ lol). The skirt looks adorable, I love the nice bright colours, perfect for these dull wintery days!

Kylie said...

Helen - the skirt looks great - I am yet to make one for Amelia - oh dear - another thing on that wish list!

Cass said...

Helen that looks great so nice and bright.

Little Munchkins said...

I have yet to make twirly skirts, just too cold here. Can't wait till summer. Love the bright print and LOL at your little model running away from the camera.

Samantha said...

That is adorable!!

Marie said...

Love that skirt - the fabric is so lovely.

atet said...

What a darling skirt -- and I have to agree, making clothes GENERALLY is a great "in between" project with quick results. That is, unless you agree to make a quilted piece of clothing -- in which case, the weeks thing may be the reality.

Austysmum said...

How cute is that little skirt?! Adorable.