This year, I really am trying to focus on wardrobe needs.
Emily fluctuates between wanting to dress "fancy" for school (she has a fancy friend there...)
and wanting to just wear jeans/leggings and t-shirts.
So this week, I made her some practical charcoal gray leggings using the Izzy & Ivy pattern,
(they turned out awesome!)
and came up with this (fancy-ish) skirt!
It is a double layered confection...I used a solid and a striped jersey from my stash.
Emily helped pick out the color combination.
The design is loosely based on my Ice Cream Social Skirt, but this version is only a half-circle skirt.
Two layers of scallop trim at the hem were the icing on the cake, and finished it off perfectly!
**Linked up here**
Materials:
Knit Fabric: 3/4 - 1 yard of each color
trim (optional)
To create your pattern for a half-circle skirt, go to this fabulous blog post! It is a great explanation about circle skirts and includes an excel calculator that makes creating the pattern SO INCREDIBLY EASY!
Once you have your pattern, you are ready to cut out your fabric.
totally making one of these. oh, darn, i don't have any girls and my boys don't wear skirts. guess i'll have to make it for myself! bummer! :P
ReplyDeleteAngela,
DeleteIf you make one for yourself, would love to see how it turns out!
VERY cute!
ReplyDeleteBrooke
www.TheAnnessaFamily.com
Annessa is my middle daughters name!
DeleteI LOVE this! I just got some striped knit and it's way sheer so this'll be perfect! PS couldn't click on the link to the other post.
ReplyDeleteEmily- I fixed that link!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE this!!! I have some fun jersey fabrics that I've been wondering what to make with it. This will be perfect!
ReplyDeleteThanks!!
Janelle
homemadethisandthat.blogspot.com
Gorgeous AND functional! :) Fancy friend should love it so much that she wants one too! ;)
ReplyDeleteOkay, am I the only one who almost passed out after reading the circle skirt radius circumference seam allowance bias measure subtract ....wait...I'm feeling dizzy again....
ReplyDeleteThis may take a couple reads....
Oh My Goodness! I made one. I love it. The fit is perfection. It only took me 1 hour to go from making the pattern to completing the skirt. I'm off to make more... :-)
ReplyDeleteLove this!
ReplyDeleteToo bad I am lousy at math. I could never make one for myself, but this is absolutely adorable! I wish I could find nice knits like the striped you have here.. my Jo-Ann Fabrics has very limited printed knit fabric. It is mostly solids and a heavy. If you ever make one for an adult, I would love to see it.
ReplyDeleteThank you for posting this. I love it! I made a simple version for myself found here: http://www.stvital.com/2012/04/jersey-skirts.html
ReplyDeletei am in love with this! I am totally making one for myself!
ReplyDelete