When I was a little girl I l-o-v-e-d wearing dresses. I would wear one every day to school. I love super over the top frilly girly dresses. My mom would take us to this little boutique for easter and we would get to pick a dress and I swear it was one of the highlights of the year. I did go through a fairly earnest tom boy, surfer girl stage in the sixth grade but I think that had a lot to do with the fact that my “boy friend” was an avid surfer. Apparently Evie is following in my footsteps because this girl basically demands to wear a skirt every day. After having a hard time finding ones that are over the top fluffy (don’t get me wrong she would LOVE those) or denim I thought it was high time I whip some up. Right before we left UT I went to one of my favorite fabric stores The Material Girls in South Jordan. I step into that store and go into a frenzy. A sort of panic settles over me. I think this is from being in Timor for so long away from any cute fabric. I kinds of go crazy and just grab grab grab. The fabric isn’t cheap though so I thought the best way to get a little of most of the fabric I wanted was to get Fat Quarters, I would figure out what to do with them later. Welp, 4 months later I turned 7 of them into skirts for Evie. Now she has one for everyday of the week:
When she saw me taking pictures of them she immediately pulled out her favorite and pulled it on:
It is simply a long rectangle of fabric sewn together to make a circle, hemmed on one end, gathered on the other and then sewn to 2 inch wide elastic sooooooo easy!
We just throw on a pair of leggings and a comfy top and she is happy as a clam for the rest of the day. No more sloooooowly removing layers until she looks like a mess.
I love a good compromise!
If you want a complete tutorial you can check it out HERE. The only difference is I attach my elastic by putting right sides together and stitching around the top then flipping it right side out.
Cheers!
Kelly
Definitely going to be making these for my little mini-me fashion girl when she’s a bit bigger! WHERE are those adorable lace leggings from? Too perfect!!
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