5.11.2011

Early recap of KCWC so far

A quick recap of things I've made for M this month:


Then the first two things I made for the Kids Clothes Week Challenge. he wrap dress from Sunday. The pants I made on Monday were cute, but a little too slim for M.


Yesterday I went for a quick-n-easy project: a simple circle skirt. I used Made blog's tutorial but made a covered elastic waist since I didn't have any thick, fancy elastic on hand. I'm really enjoying picking through all the fabric pieces I have already. It's paring the back stock down while giving me a fun challenge to match complimentary patterns up. (If you want to make a circle skirt that fits 2T to 3T, I have a jpg collection in google docs to make the circle cutting easy as pie.)




If I decide to try another pair of pants, I have some super cute, colorfully striped fabric that would be just perfect for these flat front pants.

I think I only post pictures of myself in this plaid dress. It, too, has a circle skirt and is probably why I was determined to make one for M. I love to randomly spin around the house and watch it flare out. Other times I hoist it up like Melissa Gilbert/Laura Ingalls does at the beginning of Little House on the Prairie as she's walking through the fields.

Just for the record, M likes to spin around and see her skirt flare up, too.

4 comments:

Misti said...

I've loved seeing your photos this week here and on Flickr. Beautiful shots and your daughter is growing up so quickly!

mckenzie said...

Ha! Those are the reasons I wear skirts too.

Red Red Completely Red said...

Love the circle skirt! And, your plaid dress, from what I can see. Did you make that one, too?

Wolfie and the Sneak said...

mckenzie--twirling around is too fun! and really, skirts/dresses are so comfy!

Astrid--thanks! I didn't make the dress, I bought it on clearance from LL Bean! I wish they had another one this year with a different pattern, it's my favorite dress ever. I might copy it myself . . .